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Atreus

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus.





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... Distribution of Remains.—Mycenae and Tiryns are the two principal sites on which evidence of a prehistoric civilization was remarked long ago by the classical Greeks. The curtain-wall and towers of the Mycenaean citadel, its gate with heraldic lions, and the great "Treasury of Atreus'' had borne silent witness for ages before Schliemann's time; but they were supposed only to speak to the Homeric, or at farthest a rude Heroic beginning of purely Hellenic, civilization. It was not till Schliemann ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
... reaped aught of honour from the Greeks. So true that byword in the mouths of men, "A foeman's gifts are no gifts, but a curse." Wherefore henceforward shall I know that God Is great; and strive to honour Atreus' sons. Princes they are, and should be obeyed. How else? Do not all terrible and most puissant things Yet bow to loftier majesties? The Winter, Who walks forth scattering snows, gives place anon To fruitage-laden Summer; and the orb Of weary Night doth in her turn stand ...
— Verses and Translations • C. S. C.


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