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Encyclopedia > Atreus (BattleTech)

In the fictional BattleTech universe, Atreus is the capital world of the Free Worlds League. Traditionally, the ruling Marik family lives here.


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Around the Inner Sphere (965 words)
Atreus I and II are both airless rocks that bask in the white hot glow of thier sun.
Atreus was first settled during the exodus period, when it was one of the farthest rimward planets to be settled.
One of the reasons that the delegates chose Atreus was because its capital, Atreus City, was one of the few cities that had not been planned; its sprawling, hillside neighborhoods seemed a pleasanter environment in which to locate a government than the austere cities of Oriente, Marik, or Regulus.
Atreus: Definition and Much More From Answers.com (626 words)
Atreus (ā'trēəs), in Greek mythology, the son of Pelops and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.
In Greek mythology, King Atreus (Greek: Ατρεύς, Atreús) ("fearless") of Mycenae was the son of Pelops and Hippodamia and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.
Atreus and his twin brother, Thyestes, were exiled by their father for having murdered their step-brother, Chrysippus in their desire for the throne of Olympia.
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