page_title: Aerope
hierarchical_section_title: Aerope
caption_attribution_description: Tiestes &#32;and&#32; Aérope
context_page_description: In Greek mythology, Aërope was a daughter of Catreus, the king of Crete, and sister to Clymene, Apemosyne and Althaemenes. She was the wife of Atreus, and by most accounts the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus.
context_section_description: In Greek mythology, Aërope (Ancient Greek: Ἀερόπη) was a daughter of Catreus, the king of Crete, and sister to Clymene, Apemosyne and Althaemenes. She was the wife of Atreus (or Pleisthenes), and by most accounts the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus.
caption: Tiestes and Aérope by Nosadella
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