Thyesteanadj.

/θʌɪɛˈstiːən/

/θʌɪˈɛstiːən/

Forms: Also 1600s -æan, 1800s -ian.

Etymology: < Latin Thyestēus, < Greek Θυέστειος ( < Θυέστης , proper name) + -an suffix.

Of or belonging to Thyestes, in ancient Greek legend brother of Atreus, who at a banquet made him eat of the flesh of his own two sons; hence used allusively.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bloodthirstiness > [adjective] > of banquet

Thyestean1667

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh > eating human flesh > relating to cannibalism

cannibalistical1642

Thyestean1667

anthropophagical1795

anthropophagic1818

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 688 The Sun, as from Thyestean Banquet, turn'd His course intended.

1667 J. Owen Peace-offering 7 Thiæstæan Banquets, promiscuous Lusts, and Incests.

1723 R. Millar Hist. Propagation Christianity II. v. 73 There is an infamous report that we are guilty of Thyestean feasts, that is feeding on murdered infants.

1746 P. Francis tr. Horace Art of Poetry 129 Nor will the direful Thyestean Feast In comic Phrase and Language be debas'd.

c1850 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) Prelim. Note I am not queasy-stomached, but such a Thyestean Banquet as that was quite out of the question.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Christianity I. i. iv. 65 Did not popular rumour charge them with nocturnal orgies and Thyestæan feasts?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	thyestean
释义	Thyesteanadj. /θʌɪɛˈstiːən//θʌɪˈɛstiːən/ Forms: Also 1600s -æan, 1800s -ian. Etymology: < Latin Thyestēus, < Greek Θυέστειος ( < Θυέστης , proper name) + -an suffix. Of or belonging to Thyestes, in ancient Greek legend brother of Atreus, who at a banquet made him eat of the flesh of his own two sons; hence used allusively. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bloodthirstiness > [adjective] > of banquet Thyestean1667 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh > eating human flesh > relating to cannibalism cannibalistical1642 Thyestean1667 anthropophagical1795 anthropophagic1818 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 688 The Sun, as from Thyestean Banquet, turn'd His course intended. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Owen Peace-offering 7 Thiæstæan Banquets, promiscuous Lusts, and Incests. 1723 R. Millar Hist. Propagation Christianity II. v. 73 There is an infamous report that we are guilty of Thyestean feasts, that is feeding on murdered infants. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace Art of Poetry 129 Nor will the direful Thyestean Feast In comic Phrase and Language be debas'd. c1850 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) Prelim. Note I am not queasy-stomached, but such a Thyestean Banquet as that was quite out of the question. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Christianity I. i. iv. 65 Did not popular rumour charge them with nocturnal orgies and Thyestæan feasts? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1667
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