Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Ἀτρεύς(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /a.trěu̯s/(Classical Greek) Meaning & History Means "fearless", derived from the Greek negative prefix ἀ (a) and τρέω (treo) meaning "to fear, to flee". In Greek mythology, Atreus was a king of Mycenae and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.