Atreid dynasty

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The Atreid dynasty is the legendary royal house of Mycenaean Greece, best known from Greek mythology for figures like Agamemnon and Menelaus and the tragic cycle of the House of Atreus.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Atreid dynasty canonical 4
Atreid royal house 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological dynasty
royal house
appearsInWork Agamemnon
surface form: Agamemnon (Aeschylus)

Electra (Euripides)
Electra (Sophocles)
Homer's Iliad
surface form: Iliad

Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis

Iphigenia in Tauris
Homer's Odyssey
surface form: Odyssey

Oresteia
Oresteia
surface form: The Eumenides

Oresteia
surface form: The Libation Bearers
associatedWithPlace Argos
Mycenae and Tiryns
surface form: Mycenae

Sparta
country Mycenaean civilization
surface form: Mycenaean Greece
fieldOfWork heroic legend
genre mythological cycle
hasMainFigure Agamemnon
Atreus
Electra
Iphigenia
Menelaus
Orestes
hasMember Aegisthus
Agamemnon
Aletes
Atreus
Chrysothemis
Electra
Hermione
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
surface form: Iphigenia

Menelaus
Nicias of Argos
Orestes
Pelops
Pleisthenes
Pylades
Tantalus
Thyestes
hasProgenitor Atreus
Pelops
Tantalus
knownFor House of Atreus myth cycle
curse on the House of Atreus
kin-slaying and familial violence
role in the Trojan War
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek
namedAfter Atreus
partOf Greek mythology

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mycenae and Tiryns linkedToMythology Atreid dynasty
Menelaus house Atreid dynasty
Atreus associatedWithDynasty Atreid dynasty
Chrysothemis house Atreid dynasty
this entity surface form: Atreid royal house
Nicias of Argos memberOf Atreid dynasty