Atreus
/ˈeɪ.tɹi.əs/
Atreus proper noun: a mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia.
Proper noun
Atreus
- A mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia.
- His messenger, Argicides, to Pelops, skill'd in horse; / Pelops to Atreus, chief of men; he dying, gave it course[1611?], Homer, “Book II”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new...
- The gloom that had overshadowed the sin-stained race of Atreus is dispelled by the radiance of the glory of Athens.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VIII. Orestea. III: Eumenides”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 228
Origin of Atreus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτρεύς (Atreús).
Questions about Atreus
- What does Atreus mean?
- Atreus means a mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia.
- What part of speech is Atreus?
- Atreus is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Atreus?
- Atreus is pronounced /ˈeɪ.tɹi.əs/.
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