Atreid

English Etymology en grc Ἀτρείδης. en Atreus -id. Noun en Greek mythology 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. en 1998 Michael Wood In Search of the Trojan War 157 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=N5HDjtGwYjsC&pg=PA157&dq=%22Atreid%22%7C%22Atreids%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S5cVU6z9G8jDkgXQ6IBg&ved=0CGsQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=%22Atreid%22%7C%22Atreids%22&f=false Ancient tradition said that Mycenae was founded by the Perseid dynasty and that the Atreids (Pelops, Atreus, Agamemnon) were outsiders. en 1999 Barbara Goff The Violence of Community: Ritual in the Iphigenia in Tauris Mark William Padilla Rites of Passage in Ancient Greece: Literature, Religion, Society http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-0JVScga2oYC&pg=PA112&dq=%22Atreid%22%7C%22Atreids%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S5cVU6z9G8jDkgXQ6IBg&ved=0CIcBEOgBMBA#v=onepage&q=%22Atreid%22%7C%22Atreids%22&f=false 112 While in the Oresteia sacrifice operated as a metaphor for the intrafamilial murders of the Atreids, among the Taurians the metaphor takes on materiality. en 2010 Chiron the Centaur The Mythic Warrior's Handbook 28 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=pDzekRswwAUC&pg=PT41&dq=%22Atreid%22%7C%22Atreids%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S5cVU6z9G8jDkgXQ6IBg&ved=0CKUBEOgBMBY#v=onepage&q=%22Atreid%22%7C%22Atreids%22&f=false The family history of the Atreids is so complicated you'd need a flow chart to get it; what's more, that chart would flow with the blood of doomed family members. Situated in Mycenae, the Atreids were a brutal and competitive bunch; they worked hard to outdo each other with generation after generation of heinous crimes. Related terms en Atreidae Translations progeny of Atreus Dutch: nl Atreïde m Greek: el Ατρείδης m Ancient Greek: grc Ἀτρείδης m Italian: it Atride m Latin: la Atrīdēs m Polish: pl Atryda m-pr Anagrams en adeirt airted atride tirade tradie