Atreus

[ ey-tree-uhs, ey-tryoos ]

nounClassical Mythology.
  1. the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.

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How to use Atreus in a sentence

  • Agamemnon was a son of Atreus according to Homer, and was the brother of Menelaus.

    The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward Berdoe

British Dictionary definitions for Atreus

Atreus

/ (ˈeɪtrɪˌuːs, ˈeɪtrɪəs) /


noun
  1. 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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