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|Text=[[Ἀτρεύς]], -έως, ὁ.

[[son of Atreus]]: [[Ἀτρείδης]], -ου, ὁ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Ā&#774;treus</b>: (dissyl.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 24), ei, m., = Ἀτρεύς.<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Ā&#774;trēĭus or Ā&#774;trēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Atreus]], [[poet]]. for Argive, Stat. Th. 8, 743; cf. Pompei. Gram. p. 113 Lind.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Ā&#774;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.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For [[Menelaus]], Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 43; Ov. M. 15, 805.—Sarcastically: [[Atrides]], of [[Domitian]], as a [[haughty]] [[ruler]] of [[Rome]], Juv. 4, 65.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>Atreūs</b>,¹² eī, m. (Ἀτρεύς), Atrée [fils de Pélops, roi de Mycènes] : Cic. Tusc. 4, 77 ; Ov. M. 15, 855 ; Am. 3, 12, 39.<br />(2) <b>Atrēŭs</b>, a, um (Ἄτρειος), d’Atrée : Stat. Th. 8, 743.
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{{Georges
|georg=Atreus, eī, Akk. [[eum]] u. (b. Dichtern) zuw. ea, Vok. Atr<u>eu</u>, m. ([[Ἀτρεύς]]), [[Sohn]] [[des]] [[Pelops]] u. der [[Hippodamia]], [[Bruder]] [[des]] [[Thyestes]], [[Vater]] [[des]] [[Agamemnon]] u. [[Menelaus]], [[König]] [[von]] [[Argos]] u. Mykene, Acc. tr. 198. Varr. r. r. 2, 1, 6. Cic. Tusc. 4, 77. Ov. [[met]]. 15, 855; am. 3, 12, 39. Sen. Thy. 486 (wo Akk. Atrea) u. ibid. 513 (wo Vok. Atr<u>eu</u>); vgl. Hyg. fab. 85 sqq. – Seine Schicksale [[als]] [[Gegenstand]] [[einer]] gleichnam. [[Tragödie]] [[des]] [[Attius]], Gell. 13, 2, 2. – Dav.: a) Atrēus, a, um, atrëisch, poet. [[für]] argivisch, [[sanguis]], Stat. Theb. 8, 743. – b) Atrīdēs u. ([[selten]]) Atrīda, ae, Vok. u. Abl. ā, m. ([[Ἀτρείδης]]), männlicher [[Nachkomme]] [[des]] [[Atreus]], der Atride, [[non]] [[minor]] Atr. ([[Menelaus]]), [[non]] [[bello]] [[maior]] et aevo ([[Agamemnon]]), Ov. [[met]]. 12, 632 (u. so [[minor]] Atr. [[auch]] Ov. her. 5, 101. Sen. Agam. 513. [[Auson]]. ep. 16, 11. p. 175 Schenkl.; u. so Atr. [[öfter]] [[für]] [[Agamemnon]], Hor. u.a. ([[auch]] Apul. de deo Socr. 17); seltener [[für]] [[Menelaus]], Hor. u.a.: im Plur. Atridae, die Atriden, d.i. [[Agamemnon]] u. [[Menelaus]], Plaut., Hor. u.a.: reges Atridae, Poet. tr. b. Cornif. rhet. 3, 34 (Ribbeck Trag. fr. p. 238, 1: reges et Atridae). – / Nom. [[Atrida]], Prop. 2, 14, 1. Sen. Agam. 292: Akk. Atridam, M. Caes. b. [[Fronto]] ad M. Caes. 1, 4. p. 10, 20 N. u. 1, 5. p. 12, 15, N. [[Auson]]. ep. 16, 11. p. 175 Schenkl: Vok. [[Atrida]], Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 3, 187: Abl. Atridā, Sen. Agam. 293. Epit. Iliad. 327.
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