Atreus
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Key facts
- Dynasty.name
- Atreidae
- Dynasty.other_names
- Atreid dynasty
- Dynasty.type
- Royal house
- Dynasty.country
- Mycenaean Greece
- Dynasty.founder
- TantalusAtreus (first ruler)
- Dynasty.final_ruler
- Tisamenus
- Dynasty.seat
- Mycenae
- Dynasty.members
- Tantalus, Niobe, Pelops, Atreus (eponym), Thyestes, Aegisthus, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Aletes, Iphigenia, Electra, Orestes, Tisamenus
- Dynasty.titles
- King of Mycenae
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature
- The House of Atreus
- Tantalus
- Pelops and Hippodamia
- Atreus and Thyestes
- Agamemnon, Iphigenia, Clytemnestra, Aegisthus, Orestes and Electra
- Family tree
- Classical references
- Hittite records
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|The Farnese Atreus (1574 engraving by Antonio Lafreri and [[Cornelis Cort) depicts Atreus and one of the sons of Thyestes, whom Atreus is about to kill]]
In Greek mythology, Atreus (, ) was a king of Mycenae in the Peloponnese, the son of Pelops and Hippodamia, and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. His descendants became known collectively as the Atreidae ( Atreidai).