Atreus and Thyestes Resources
Websites
Thyestes Take a Bow
Check out this review for this brutal, bloody play.
Movie or TV Productions
Titus
This movie version of Shakespeare's (Atreus and Thyestes inspired) Titus Andronicus, directed by Julie Taymor, is a not-to-miss classic.
Thyestes on TV
Check out this 1966 TV movie version of the play by Seneca—horror guaranteed.
Books
Thyestes Takes a Bow...Again
This tragedy by the Roman playwright, Seneca, is thought by some to be the grisliest out of all the Greek and Roman plays. (Trust us, that's a hard title to win.)
Churchill Does Seneca
Major British playwright puts her own stamp on Seneca's Thyestes in this modernized classic.
Titus Andronicus
This gruesome tragedy by Billy Shakespeare (yeah, we call him Billy) is inspired by Atreus and Thyestes.