1) Ancient Greek family 2) Father of Agamemnon 3) Father of menelaus 4) King of Mycenae 
in Greek legend, the son of Pelops of Mycenae and his wife, Hippodamia. Atreus was the elder brother of Thyestes and was the king of Mycenae. The ... [1 related articles]
In Greek mythology, the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus (the Atridae); son of King 
In Greek mythology Atreus was the son of Pelops and Hippodamia. He was King of Mycenae. To seek revenge on his brother Thyestes for seducing his wife, Atreus gave a banquet at which Thyestes dined on the flesh of his own sons. Atreus was killed by AEgisthus, a son of Thyestes. The tragic events connected with this family furnished materials to some...
noun (Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus
King of Mycenae; father of Menelaus and Agamemnon; brother of Thyestes, three of whose sons he slew and served to him at banquet; slain by Aegisthus.
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.