sons of Atreus · Atlas

spoken of as

1 expression

House of Atreus“sons of Atreus”2 mentions

The Trojan Women (Greek) · Electra (Greek)

victory shall crown my advent among the dead, when I have overthrown the home of our destroyers, the house of the sons of Atreus.

the trojan women ¶

in the texts

The Trojan WomenClassical · Greek

The royal kin-group descended from Atreus, including Agamemnon and Menelaus, whose downfall Cassandra prophesies as a consequence of her forced marriage.

victory shall crown my advent among the dead, when I have overthrown the home of our destroyers, the house of the sons of Atreus.

the trojan women ¶

I will not tell of that axe which shall sever my neck and the necks of others, or of the conflict ending in a mother’s death, which my marriage shall cause, nor of the overthrow of Atreus’ house.

the trojan women ¶

OdysseyClassical · Greek

Agamemnon and Menelaus, referred to collectively as the sons of Atreus, in whose cause the Greeks fought at Troy.

Blest and thrice blest were those Danaans who fell before Troy in the cause of [ kharis] the sons of Atreus.

chapter 5 ¶

ElectraClassical · Greek

The House of Atreus is the kin line and palace family burdened by murder, strife, and eventual liberation.

Chorus:

electra ¶

Tell them the affairs of their house, how it is now diseased;

electra ¶

O Voice of the underworld that reaches to mortals, shout for me a piteous cry to the sons of Atreus below.

electra ¶