Atreus
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A·tre·us 
[ey-tree-uhs, ey-tryoos] Pronunciation Key
[ey-tree-uhs, ey-tryoos] Pronunciation Key –noun Classical Mythology.
| the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse. |
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| A·treus
(ā'trōōs', ā'trē-əs) Pronunciation Key
n. Greek Mythology A king of Mycenae, brother of Thyestes and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. |
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| atreus | |
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| (Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus |
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