Thyestes
noun
the brother of Atreus who unknowingly ate the flesh of his own sons when served to him by Atreus.
Thyestian
-
a word derived from
Thyestes.
Example Sentences
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The body of the nation firmly believed the current rumours which charged its votaries with horrible midnight assemblies, rendered infamous by Thyestian banquets and the atrocities of nameless superstitions.
From Seekers after God by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar
“At that tasted fruit, The sun, as from Thyestian banquet, turned His course intended; else-how had the world Inhabited, though sinless, more than now, Avoided pinching cold and scorching heat?”
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
