noun

Ā^treus

gen. Ā^trei · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

(dissyl.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 24), , , = Ἀτρεύς.

A son of Pelops; and Hippodamia; brother of Thyestes

A son of Pelops (hence, Pelopeïus, Ov. H. 8, 27) and Hippodamia, brother of Thyestes, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, king of Argos and Mycenœ, Ov. M. 15, 855.—Atrea (acc.), Ov. Am. 3, 12, 39.—Atreu (voc.), Sen. Thyest. 486; 513.—

Derivv.

belonging to Atreus; Argive poetic

ā^trēĭus or ā^trēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Atreus, poet. for Argive, Stat. Th. 8, 743; cf. Pompei. Gram. p. 113 Lind.—

a male descendant of Atreus; Atrides; Agamemnon;; the Atrides •

ā^trīdes (Atridă in nom., Prop. 2, 14, 1), ae, m., a male descendant of Atreus; Atrides, absol. usu. for Agamemnon; in plur.: Atridae, the Atrides, i. e. Agamemnon and Menelaus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 1: non minor Atrides, non bello major et aevo, i. e. not Menelaus, not Agamemnon, Ov. M. 12, 623; cf. id. ib. 13, 359; 15, 162.—In dat. and abl. plur.: Atridis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 203; Ov. P. 1, 7, 32.—In acc. plur.: Atridas superbos, Hor. C. 1, 10, 13.—In sing.,

Agamemnon

For Agamemnon, Prop. 4, 6, 23; Hor. C. 2, 4, 7; id. Ep. 1, 2, 12; id. S. 2, 3, 187; Ov. M. 13, 189; 13, 230; 13, 365; 13, 439; 13, 655 et saep.—

Menelaus •

For Menelaus, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 43; Ov. M. 15, 805.—Sarcastically: Atrides, of Domitian, as a haughty ruler of Rome, Juv. 4, 65.

Perseus ID: n4286 Key: Atreus