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Atreus

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Noun

1. atreus

(Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus

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Atreus

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noun
Greek mythology
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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Atreus

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noun
Greek Mythology
a king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus: to avenge the treachery of his brother, Thyestes, he kills Thyestes' sons and serves their flesh to him at a banquet

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Atreus

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n.
Greek Mythology
A king of Mycenae, brother of Thyestes and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.

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