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A0505900 (ā′tro͞os′, ā′trē-əs)n. Greek Mythology A king of Mycenae, brother of Thyestes and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.

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(ˈeɪtrɪˌuːs; ˈeɪtrɪəs) n (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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(ˈeɪ tri əs, ˈeɪ tryus)

n. a legendary king of Mycenae, the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.

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Atreus

(ā`trēəs), in Greek mythology, the son of Pelops and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. He vied with his brother Thyestes for the throne of Mycenae. When Thyestes seduced Atreus' wife, Aerope, in order to attain the golden ram whose possession signified kingship, Atreus, in retaliation, murdered the sons of Thyestes and served them to him at a feast. Thyestes thereupon laid a curse upon the house of Atreus. Thyestes' son Aegisthus, who was not involved in the mass murder, killed Atreus and restored the kingdom to Thyestes.

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slew his brother Thyestes’s sons and served them to their father at banquet. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 153]See: Mutilation

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cuckolded by brother, serves him his sons for dinner. [Rom. Lit.: Thyestes, Brewer Dictionary, 1081]See: Vengeance

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

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