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A character from [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] who was the grandson of [[Tantalos]] and son of [[Pelops]], as well as being [[father]] of [[Agamemnon]] and [[Menelaos]]. His brother [[Thyestes]] seduced his wife [[Aerope]], so Atreus took [[revenge]] against his brother by [[murder|killing]] his Thyestes' sons and serving their flesh to Thyestes at a banquet. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
A character from [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] who was the grandson of [[Tantalos]] and son of [[Pelops]], as well as being [[father]] of [[Agamemnon]] and [[Menelaos]]. His brother [[Thyestes]] seduced his wife [[Aerope]], so Atreus took [[revenge]] against his brother by [[murder|killing]] his Thyestes' sons and serving their flesh to Thyestes at a banquet.

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Atreus [r]: A character from Greek mythology who was the grandson of Tantalos and son of Pelops, as well as being father of Agamemnon and Menelaos. His brother Thyestes seduced his wife Aerope, so Atreus took revenge against his brother by killing his Thyestes' sons and serving their flesh to Thyestes at a banquet.