atreus

/ˈeɪ.tɹi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

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"His messenger, Argicides, to Pelops, skill'd in horse; / Pelops to Atreus, chief of men; he dying, gave it course"
"The gloom that had overshadowed the sin-stained race of Atreus is dispelled by the radiance of the glory of Athens."

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτρεύς (Atreús).

Atreid Atreidae

Questions

How do you pronounce atreus?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈeɪ.tɹi.əs/.

What does atreus mean?

Where does atreus come from?

It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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