Meaning Of The Word Atreus

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Atreus in American English
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
noun: the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse

Atreus in British English
noun: 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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