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Atreus

Father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, whose curse haunts the family line.

minor

First appearance: i

Atreus's tie to Agamemnon is one of the pressures that moves Agamemnon—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Agamemnon (family): Father and son, with Atreus's curse of familial bloodshed haunting Agamemnon's…

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AGAgamemnonAIAigisthosCLClytemnestraCACassandraZEZeusATAtreus

Relationship types

  • Family
  • Other

Character groups

  • House of Atreus and Gods
  • Protagonist

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