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* "The House of Atreus" - Greek Mythology. [http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/atreus.html Atreus] was King of Mycene, whose family was blighted by curses from the gods for five generations. The misfortunes of the house of Atreus were favorite subjects for Greek tragic dramatists.
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* '''The House of Atreus''' - Greek Mythology. Atreus was King of Mycene, whose family was "blighted" by curses from the gods for five generations. The misfortunes of the house of Atreus were favorite subjects for Greek tragic dramatists. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Atreus House of Atreus]
  
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* The family becomes connected to Helen of Troy in Homer's Iliad as seen in the rest of the sentence.
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* '''atrox:''' (''Latin'') fierce, bloody, severe
  
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* see also Wikipedia source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Atreus House of Atreus]
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[[Category: Greek mythology]]

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  • The House of Atreus - Greek Mythology. Atreus was King of Mycene, whose family was "blighted" by curses from the gods for five generations. The misfortunes of the house of Atreus were favorite subjects for Greek tragic dramatists. House of Atreus
  • atrox: (Latin) fierce, bloody, severe
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