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A`treus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A son of Pelops and king of Mycenæ, who, to avenge a wrong done him by his brother Thyestes, killed his two sons, and served them up in a banquet to him, for which act, as tradition shows, his descendants had to pay heavy penalties.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'A`treus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/atreus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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