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Atreids

Atreids is the plural of Atreid.

Meaning of Atreid

Noun

Atreid (plural Atreids)

  1. (Greek) Any of the family and descendants of the mythical Mycenaean king Atreus, including either of his sons Menelaus and Agamemnon, who both feature in the Iliad.
    • Ancient tradition said that Mycenae was founded by the Perseid dynasty and that the Atreids (Pelops, Atreus, Agamemnon) were outsiders.1998, Michael Wood, In Search of the Trojan War, page 157

Questions about Atreids

What is Atreids the plural of?
Atreids is the plural of Atreid.

Words near Atreids in the dictionary

  1. atredes
  2. atreding
  3. ATREE
  4. Atreid
  5. Atreidae
  6. Atreids
  7. Atrek
  8. atremble
  9. atreme
  10. atren
  11. atrenned

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