| 31. | A shepherd found the infant Aegisthus and gave him to Atreus, who raised him as his own son.
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| 32. | As Pelopia had been impregnated by her father Thyestes, she soon gave birth to Aegisthus and abandoned him.
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| 33. | The aged servant explains that Aegisthus is currently in his stables, preparing to sacrifice oxen for a feast.
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| 34. | Orestes kills Aegisthus and then he alone goes to Clytemnestra's bed chamber and kills her as well.
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| 35. | After the murders, Aegisthus replaced Agamemnon as king and ruled for seven years with Clytemnestra as his queen.
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| 36. | She is later killed by Clytemnestra, alongside Agamemnon himself, as she has started an affair with Aegisthus.
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| 37. | While Agamemnon was at the Trojan war, Aegisthus became the lover of the king's estranged wife Clytemnestra.
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| 38. | Atreus, not knowing the baby's origin, took Aegisthus in and raised him as his own son.
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| 39. | Suddenly the exiled lover of Clytaemnestra, Aegisthus, bursts into the palace to take his place next to her.
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| 40. | Agamemnon arrives home and is there murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover, Agamemnon's cousin Aegisthus.
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