Atreidae

English Etymology en la Atrīdae, from en grc Ἀτρεῖδαι, nominative plural of en grc Ἀτρείδης. en Atreus -id. Proper noun p 1 en Greek mythology 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. en 1924 Herbert Weir Smyth Aeschylean Tragedy VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon 159 Yet the poet refuses to project the evil of the Atreidae so far into the past as to make the arch-offender that ancestor of Agamemnon who, in requital for his theft of the nectar and ambrosia of the immortal gods, was condemned in Hades forever to reach in vain for the fruit hung above his head and from whose parched lips the water fell forever back. Related terms en Atreid Translations family and descendants of Atreus Polish: pl Atrydzi m-pr