In Hyginus' account, an infant son of Thyestes who, alongside his brother Tantalus, was slaughtered and served to their father by Atreus.1
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When Atreus discovered his brother's treachery, he sought a terrible revenge. He murdered the infant children of Thyestes—Plisthenes and Tantalus—and served their cooked flesh to their father at a banquet. The sun itself was said to have hidden its face at the horror of the crime.2
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