Atreus

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  1. 1
    A mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia. Greek

    "His messenger, Argicides, to Pelops, skill'd in horse; / Pelops to Atreus, chief of men; he dying, gave it course"

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"And among them rose the hero son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, lamenting: his blackened heart brimming over with rage, and his eyes like blazing fires."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτρεύς (Atreús).

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