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ATREUS , in Greek
legend
elder brother of Thyestes. Having murdered his step-brother Chrysippus, Atreus fled with Thyestes to Mycenae, where he succeeded Eurystheus in the sovereignty
and invited him to a banquet to eat of his son, whom Atreus had slain. Thyestes fled in horror. Subsequently Atreus married the daughter of Thyestes, Pelopia, who had by her own father a son, Aegisthus
Aegisthus
place , and Atreus was slain by the father and son, who seized the throne
Thucydides
Homer does not speak of the horrors of the story, which are first found in the tragedians; he merely states (Iliad, ii. 105) that Atreus at his death left the kingdom to Thyestes.See T. Voigt in Dissert, philol. Halenses. vi. (1886). End of Article: ATREUS If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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