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Atreus

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A·treus  (trs, tr-s)
n. Greek Mythology
A king of Mycenae, brother of Thyestes and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.
Atreus [ˈeɪtrɪˌuːs ˈeɪtrɪəs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a king of Mycenae, son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and member of the family known as the Atreids (ˈeɪtrɪɪdz)
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Noun1.Atreus - (Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks


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It was the son of Jove and Leto; for he was angry with the king and sent a pestilence upon the host to plague the people, because the son of Atreus had dishonoured Chryses his priest.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
And according to Hesiod, Pleisthenes was a son of Atreus and Aerope, and Agamemnon, Menelaus and Anaxibia were the children of Pleisthenes and Cleolla the daughter of Dias.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
The sons of Atreus called a meeting which was not as it should be, for it was sunset and the Achaeans were heavy with wine.
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