English Explanatory Dictionary

Atreidae

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Collectively, 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

Atreidae the Atreidae

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Atrīdae, from Ancient Greek Ἀτρεῖδαι (Atreîdai), nominative plural of Ancient Greek Ἀτρείδης (Atreídēs). By surface analysis, Atreus + -id.

Related words

Atreid
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