In Greek mythology, the Atreidae, or Atreidai, refer to Agamemnon and Menelaus, sons of Atreus— in English, the Atreides. The term is also used for their children and (less oftenly) for their further descedants. Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. ... Menelaus (also transliterated as Meneláos), in Greek mythology, was a king of Sparta and son of Atreus and Aerope. ... In Greek mythology, King Atreus (Greek: Ατρεύς, Atreús) (fearless) of Mycenae was the son of Pelops and Hippodamia and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. ...

In the Dune series, Frank Herbert tells the story of Leto, Paul, and Leto II of House Atreides, the enemies of the Harkonnen clan. They claim to trace their ancestry back to the original Atreides of the Trojan war. Dune is a 1965 science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert. ... Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction author. ... House Atreides is a fictional noble family from Frank Herberts Dune novels. ... The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of Greece, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. ...