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... down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another....

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... for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one an othe... ...and sent a pestilence upon the host to plague the people, because the son of Atreus had dishonoured Chryses his priest. Now Chryses had come to the sh... ...pliant’s wreath and he besought the Achæans, but most of all the two sons of Atreus, who were their chiefs. “Sons of Atreus,” he cried, “and all other... .... Then, when they were got to gether, he rose and spoke among them. “Son of Atreus,” said he, “I deem that we should now turn roving home if we would... ...at my prize is to go elsewhither.” And Achilles answered, “Most noble son of Atreus, covetous beyond all mankind, how shall the Achæans find you anoth... ...his sword, push the others aside, and kill the son of The Iliad – Book I 7 Atreus, or to restrain himself and check his anger. While he was thus in ... ...id he, “daughter of ægis bearing Jove? To see the pride of Agamemnon, son of Atreus? Let me tell you—and it shall surely be—he shall pay for this inso... ...f ægis bearing Jove. But the son of Peleus again began railing at the son of Atreus, for he was still in a rage. “Wine bibber,” he cried, “with the f... ...u devour your people, for you are king over a feeble folk; otherwise, son of Atreus, henceforward you would insult no man. Therefore I say, and swear ...

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...uit me of my toils, To close the watch I keep, this livelong year; For as a watch-dog lying, not at rest, Propped on one arm, upon the palace-roof Of Atreus? race, too long, too well I know The starry conclave of the midnight sky, Too well, the splendours of the firmament, The lords of light, whose kingly aspect shows-- What time they set or climb the sky in turn-- The yea...

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... watch dog lying, not at rest, Propped on one arm, upon the palace roof Of Atreus’ race, too long, too well I know The starry conclave of the midnight... ... By Zeus endowed with pride of place, The doughty chiefs of Atreus’ race, Went forth of yore, To plead with Priam, ... ...alous lord And guardian of the hearth and board, Speed Atreus’ sons, in vengeful ire, ‘Gainst Paris sends them forth on ... ...the steed, Her fair lips’ speech refrain, Lest she should speak a curse on Atreus’ home and seed, Aeschylus 11 strophe 6 So, trailing on t... ...pring fair. Such mighty yoke of fate he set on Troy— Our lord and monarch, Atreus’ elder son, And comes at last with blissful honour home; Highest of ... ...er chariot. The CHORUS sings its welcome. Hail to thee, chief of Atreus’ race, Returning proud from Troy subdued! How sh... ...ay hast led me, to what evil home? LEADER Know’st thou it not? The home of Atreus’ race: Take these my words for sooth and ask no more. CASSANDRA cha... ...wife, she slays her lord, Helped by another hand! Ye powers, whose hate Of Atreus’ home no blood can satiate, Raise the wild cry above the sacrifice a... ...eckon me no more As Agamemnon’s spouse. The old Avenger, stern of mood For Atreus and his feast of blood, Hath struck the lord of Atreus’ house, And i...

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... playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies. It tells the tragic tale of the House of Atreus, whose inhabitants have been cursed and are doomed to play out their bloody, vengeful destinies. At the beginning of the first part, the Trojan War has ended and the Greek general, Agamemnon, is returning victorious to...

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.....................................................................................................................................................74 Atreus, (ă ́-truce)......................................................................................................................................74 Atropos (at ́-ro-pŏs)..................................................

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... so now Aegisthus has taken against duty his woman the legitimate wife of Atreus’ son and killed him on his return, knowing of the abyss of death.... ...-eyed Hermes, not to kill him, not to covet the woman: because Orestes of Atreus’ house would get revenge when, once grown, he would miss his home...

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... made his prayer unto all the Achaians, and most of all to the two sons of Atreus, orderers of the host; “Ye sons of Atreus and all ye well greaved Ac... ...his goodly ransom; yet the thing pleased not the heart of Agamemnon son of Atreus, but he roughly sent him away, and laid stern charge upon him, sayin... ...sembly, then Achilles fleet of foot stood up and spake among them: “Son of Atreus, now deem I that we shall return wandering home again—if verily we m... ... said he and sate him down, and there stood up before them the hero son of Atreus, wide ruling Agamemnon, sore displeased; and his dark heart within h... ...” To him then made answer fleet footed goodly Achilles: “Most noble son of Atreus, of all men most covetous, how shall the great hearted Achaians give... ... of aegis bearing Zeus? Is it to behold the insolence of Agamemnon, son of Atreus. Yea, I 11 The Iliad of Homer will tell thee that I deem shall even... ...of ae gis bearing Zeus. Then Peleus’ son spake again with bitter words to Atreus’ son, and in no wise ceased from anger: “Thou heavy with wine, thou ... ...ing! seeing thou rulest men of naught; else were this despite, thou son of Atreus, thy last. But I will speak my word to thee, and swear a mighty oath... ...hundereth on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily Atreus’ son, wide ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishonour; for he hath tak...

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...ve’s daugh ter Minerva, who brought about a quarrel between the two sons of Atreus. “The sons of Atreus called a meeting which was not as it should b... ...and he hid his face in his mantle.” Then Pisistratus said, “Menelaus, son of Atreus, you are right in thinking that this young man is T elemachus, but... ...d had told the servants to serve the wine round, she said: “Menelaus, son of Atreus, and you my good friends, sons of honourable men (which is as Jove... ...id Telemachus and Pisistratus sleep there in the forecourt, while the son of Atreus lay in an inner room with lovely Helen by his side. When the child... ...old creature be came distressed, and said, Which of the gods was it, Son of Atreus, that hatched this plot with you for snaring me and seizing me aga... ...ship or among his friends when the days of his fighting were done.’ “‘Son of Atreus,’ he answered, ‘why ask me? Y ou had better not know what I can te... ...f weeping and writhing upon the ground, the old man of the sea said, ‘Son of Atreus, The Odyssey – Book IV 49 do not waste any more time in crying s... ...nk of me whenever you make a drink offering to the im mortal gods.” “Son of Atreus,” replied T elemachus, “do not press me to stay longer; I should b... ...e blest were those Danaans who fell before T roy in the cause of the sons of Atreus. Would that had been killed on the day when the T rojans were pres...

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...l crown He sued to all, but chief implored for grace The brother-kings, of Atreus’ royal race 6 “Ye kings and warriors! may your vows be crown’d, And ... ...inerva, in her guardian care, A heavenly witness of the wrongs I bear From Atreus’ son?—Then let those eyes that view The daring crime, behold the ven... ...l crown, Intreating all; but chief implored for grace The brother-kings of Atreus’ royal race: The generous Greeks their joint consent declare, The pr... ...am deceives the king. “Canst thou, with all a monarch’s cares oppress’d, O Atreus’ son! canst thou indulge the rest? 38 Ill fits a chief who mighty na... ...me. 40 The heavenly phantom hover’d o’er my head, ‘And, dost thou sleep, O Atreus’ son? (he said) Ill fits a chief who mighty nations guides, Directs ... ...the immortal gift resign’d; The immortal gift great Pelops left behind, In Atreus’ hand, which not with Atreus ends, To rich Thyestes next the prize d... ...partan most engaged our view; Ulysses seated, greater reverence drew. When Atreus’ son harangued the listening train, Just was his sense, and his expr... ..., Thus waked the fury of his partial queen, “T wo powers divine the son of Atreus aid, Imperial Juno, and the martial maid; 85 But high in heaven they... ...ness I deplore; These shafts, once fatal, carry death no more. Tydeus’ and Atreus’ sons their points have found, And undissembled gore pursued the wou...

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...g king of the folk, for that thou hast thy rule over abjects; Else, son of Atreus, now were this outrage on me thy last one. Nay, but I tell thee, and...

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...endurance in him which is signified by the name Agamemnon. I also think that Atreus is rightly called; for his murder of Chrysippus and his exceeding ...

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...t noonday, the homo ferus, who affronts the meridian sun like Thyestes and Atreus, by his inhuman meals, we are, by parity of reason, entitled to say,...

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...a peaceful Tile field! Or is the ground itself fate-stricken, accursed: an Atreus’ Palace; for that Louvre window is still nigh, out of which a Capet,...

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...g king of the folk, for that thou hast thy rule over abjects; Else, son of Atreus, now were this outrage on me thy last one. Nay, but I tell thee, and...

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...power compress’d, Me with reluctance thus the seer address’d; ‘Say, son of Atreus, say what god inspired This daring fraud, and what the boon desired?...

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...ou understand me? I * In the old Greek legend the Atreidae, or children of Atreus, were doomed to punishment because of the abominable crime of their ...

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...e valiant in their country’s cause and upon the third, the following: With Atreus’ sons, this city sent of yore Divine Menestheus to the T rojan shore...

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...n. They tell of this Aesop, that whilst he was representing on the theater Atreus deliberating the revenge of Thyestes, he was so transported beyond h...

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..., even all that followed her To battle, and by Argive spears were slain. For Atreus’ sons begrudged not these the boon Of tear besprinkled graves, but... ... than life unholpen of thee!” So moaned his ever swelling tide of grief. And Atreus’ son beside him mourned and wept With heart on fire with inly smou... ...h, all with one mind toiling, from the heights Of Ida they brought down; for Atreus’ sons Sped on the work, and charged them to bring thence Wood with... ...se fear, Still are there left strong battle eager men, As Aias, as Tydeides, Atreus’ sons: Though dead Achilles be, I still fear these. Oh that Apollo... ... have small heart For battle, while myself am yet alive, And thou, and noble Atreus’ son, the king.” So spake the mighty son of Telamon, But knew not ... ...d the Sea maids, who with her Came to behold the Argives’ athlete sport. And Atreus’ son, lord of all Argive men, Showed them the turning goal of that... ...wise. Yet even he, for all his chariot lore, Had no such fleetfoot steeds as Atreus’ son — Far slower! — the wind is in the feet of these.” So spake h... ...second place, albeit oft Wide of the course he swerved. Then Thetis gave To Atreus’ son, while laughed his lips for joy, God sprung Polydorus’ breast... ...their wit Be these, and princeliest of all Danaan men.” But to Idomeneus and Atreus’ son Spake Nestor apart, and willingly they heard: “Friends, a gre...

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...ne to doubt the tales of old. You have heard what happened in the quarrel of Atreus and Thyestes? ‘Y ou mean about the golden lamb?’ No, not that; but... ...e east, and that the god reversed their motion, as a witness to the right of Atreus. ‘There is such a story .’ And no doubt you have heard of the empi... ..., the portent which is traditionally said to have occurred in the quarrel of Atreus and Thyestes. Y ou have heard, no doubt, and remember what they sa... ...otion, and gave them that which they now have as a testimony to the right of Atreus. YOUNG SOCRATES: Y es; there is that legend also. STRANGER: Again,...

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... marriage, obeyed him without wavering. But warlike Menelaus, the son of Atreus, prevailed against them all together, because he gave the greatest g... ...according to Hesiod and Aeschylus are regarded as the sons of Pleisthenes, Atreus’ son. And according to Hesiod, Pleisthenes was a son of Atreus and A... ...s of Aeacus, and wisdom to the sons of Amythaon, and wealth to the sons of Atreus.’ Fragment #9 — Scholiast on Homer, Iliad, xiii. 155: ‘For through h... ...Agias is intended. (2) Identical with the “Returns,” in which the Sons of Atreus occupy the most prominent parts. THE TELEGONY (fragments) Fragment #... ...R: ‘They were minded to traverse on well-built ships.’ HESIOD: ‘The Son of Atreus prayed greatly for them that they all might perish —’ HOMER: ‘At no ... ...me this thing that I ask: How many Achaeans went to Ilium with the sons of Atreus?’ Homer answered in a mathematical problem, thus: ‘There were fifty ...

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...proach you, tho’ I know Y our birth is Grecian, and your land my foe; From Atreus tho’ your ancient lineage came, And both the brother kings your kind... ... what madness, hether steer’d your course? Y ou shall not find the sons of Atreus here, Nor need the frauds of sly Ulysses fear. Strong from the cradl...

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...ds extend; And famed Mycene’s lofty towers ascend; (Where late the sun did Atreus’ crimes detest, 460 And disappear’d in horror of the ...

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...es, And he prayed all the Greeks, but especially the two sons of Atreus, the chiefs of the people, the poet is speaking in his own...

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...a peaceful Tile field! Or is the ground itself fate-stricken, accursed: an Atreus’ Palace; for that Louvre window is still nigh, out of which a Capet,...