• Pleisthenes) is used as an alternative name for Atreus himself. Atreides is a patronymic form of Atreus which refers to one of his sons—Agamemnon or Menelaus...
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    king. Thyestes later conspires with Atreus's wife, Aerope, to supplant Atreus, but they are unsuccessful. Atreus then kills Thyestes' son and cooks him...
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    Midea. Atreus and Thyestes quarrelled for the throne of Mycenae: first, Thyestes gained it after Atreus' wife, Aerope, gave a golden lamb from Atreus' flock...
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  • Look up Atreus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Atreus is a character in Greek mythology. Atreus can also mean: 14791 Atreus, an asteroid Atreus (God...
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  • Kratos, and his now teenage son, Atreus. Concluding the Norse era of the series, the game's story follows Kratos and Atreus' efforts into preventing the nine...
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  • Atreus (known to prophecy as Loki) with the Jötunn warrior Faye. Their journey to keep a promise to the boy's late mother ends with Kratos and Atreus...
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  • only playable character, and his young son, Atreus. Following the death of Kratos's second wife and Atreus's mother, Faye, the two embark on a journey to...
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  • and Magni assist their uncle but are killed by Kratos and Atreus. Around this time, Atreus falls ill. To cure him, Kratos must recover his old weapons...
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    Atreus come in. Thyestes' brother and King of Mycenae, Atreus, vowed to sacrifice his best lamb to Artemis. Upon searching his flock, however, Atreus...
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    Thyestes gained the throne after his son Aegisthus murdered Atreus. As a result, Atreus' sons, Menelaus and Agamemnon, went into exile. They first stayed...
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  • The House of Atreus Act I, released in 1999, is the ninth studio album by the American heavy metal band Virgin Steele. It has the subtitle A Barbaric-Romantic...
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    his sons, Atreus and Thyestes, killed their half brother, Chrysippus, who was his favorite son and was meant to inherit the kingdom; Atreus and Thyestes...
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    Killing of a Sacred Deer and as the voice and motion capture actor for Atreus, the son of Kratos, in the 2018 video game God of War, for which he was...
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  • The House of Atreus Act II, released in 2000, is the tenth studio album by the American heavy metal band Virgin Steele. It was released as a double CD...
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    motivated by his father's rivalry with the house of Atreus for the throne of Mycenae. Aegisthus murdered Atreus in order to restore his father to power, ruling...
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    to kill Atreus. Atreus' children were Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia. Leading up to here, we can see that the curse of the House of Atreus was one...
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  • was the young man's father, Atreus killed Pleisthenes. Agamemnon and Menelaus are commonly considered the sons of Atreus; hence they are often given the...
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    adopted by Atreus. In others, Aerope was the wife of both Atreus and Pleisthenes, having married Atreus after Pleisthenes died, with Atreus adopting her...
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    Treasury of Atreus, the Tomb of Clytemnestra and the Tomb of the Genii, are dated to LHIIIB by a sherd under the threshold of the Treasury of Atreus, the largest...
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    column beside the doorway in the painting resembles one from the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae (but with its capital incorrectly positioned at the base of the...
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    brother Atreus. As with most of Seneca's plays, Thyestes is based upon an older Greek version with the same name by Euripides. Thyestes, Brother of Atreus, in...
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    Caligo atreus, the yellow-edged giant owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found from Mexico to Peru. The wingspan is 140–160 mm...
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    Panagia Tomb at Mycenae itself. In later examples such as the Treasury of Atreus and Tomb of Clytemnestra (both at Mycenae), all three parts were constructed...
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    that Atreus stored his treasures in an underground chamber there, which is why Heinrich Schliemann named the largest tholos tomb the Treasury of Atreus. Apart...
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  • brother, Atreus, for the throne of Mycenae for some time, as well as having an affair with Atreus' wife, Aerope. In vengeance for the affair, Atreus killed...
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  • a son of Atreus, said to be the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. Although these two brothers are usually considered to be the sons of Atreus himself,...
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  • were killed in revenge by their uncle Atreus, their father’s brother, after Thyestes seduced Aerope, wife of Atreus. The latter was a king of Mycenae. In...
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    Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece The lintel stone at the Treasury of Atreus (external view) The lintel stone at the Treasury of Atreus (internal view)...
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  • society would be chronically infected by catastrophe." An example is that of Atreus, who invited his brother Thyestes to dine on a delicious stew, which had...
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  • producing a patronymic with the suffix -id-; for example, the sons of Atreus were the Atreids. For royal houses, the patronymic was formed from the name...
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