Atreid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Atreid Atreids

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτρείδης (Atreídēs). By surface analysis, Atreus + -id.

Related words

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