# Eurystheus — History of the Peloponnesian War character guide

> Eurystheus in History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-book-i

## Who they are

Mythical king of Mycenae who set Hercules' labors.

## Relationships

### [Atreus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/history_of_the_peloponnesian_war_se/characters/atreus)

_family_

Atreus and Eurystheus were mythological ancestors of the Spartan and Mycenaean royal lines, with Eurystheus being the cousin and rival of Atreus's father.

## In the story

### [The State of Greece from the Earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/history_of_the_peloponnesian_war_se/chapters/i)

Killed in Attica by the Heraclids; his dominions passed to Atreus, strengthening the Pelopid line.

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