Atreidai - Atreidai

… In order to exact revenge, Thyestes, following an oracle, had a son Aegisthos with his own daughter. Aegisthos killed Atreus, and his son Agamemnon succeeded him. Together with his brother Menelaus, they were called the Atreidae (the descendants of Atreus). When Menelaus' wife Helena, who had become king of Sparta, fled to Troy, Agamemnon became the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force that led to the Trojan War. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Atreidae" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…テュエステスは復讐を遂げるため神託に従って，実の娘との間にアイギストスAigisthosをもうけた。彼によりアトレウスは殺され，後をその子アガメムノンが継ぎ，弟メネラオスとともにアトレイダイ(アトレウスの胤)と呼ばれる。スパルタ王となったメネラオスの妻ヘレナがトロイアに出奔して端を発したトロイア戦争では，アガメムノンが遠征軍の総大将となった。…

※「アトレイダイ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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