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and having choked the lamb, he deposited it in a box and kept it there, and Aerope gave
it to Thyestes, by whom she had been debauched. For the Mycenaeans had received an oracle
which bade them choose a Pelopid for their king, and they had sent for Atreus and
Thyestes. And when a discussion took place concerning the kingdom, Thyestes declared to
the multitude that the kingdom ought to belong to him who owned the golden lamb, and when
Atreus agreed, Thyestes produced the lamb and was made king.
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Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
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