Atreus

Atreus [ey-tree-uh s, ey-tryoos] Examples noun Classical Mythology.

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

Examples from the Web for atreus Contemporary Examples of atreus

Resurrected by the gods, Pelops has a son whom he names Atreus, and Atreus repeats the family curse.

Lee Siegel

October 22, 2009

Historical Examples of atreus

You have heard what happened in the quarrel of Atreus and Thyestes?

Plato

Or from what necessity did the son of Atreus, assembling an army, lead it hither?

Homer

Do the sons of Atreus alone, of articulate-speaking men, love their wives?

Homer

Thus spoke the son of Atreus, and the other Greeks approved.

Homer

Is it that thou mayest witness the insolence of Agamemnon, the son of Atreus?

Homer

British Dictionary definitions for atreus Atreus noun

Greek myth a king of Mycenae, son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and member of the family known as the Atreids (ˈeɪtrɪɪdz)

Word Origin and History for atreus Atreus

son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and Menelaeus.