. sethe latter had commanded him to slayhis own father Thyestes. [Aegisthus.]Atria. [Adria.] Atrides (ATpeiSijs), a descendant ofAtreus, especially Agamemnon and Me-nelaus. Atropatene Chrpoirarrivri), or MediaAtropatia the NW. part of Media, adja-cent to Armenia, named after Atropates,a native of the country, who, having been made He was celebrated not only in war, but for his en-its governor by Alexander, founded there a couragement of literature and art. He foundedkingdom, which long remained independent ; the library of Pergamus :
. sethe latter had commanded him to slayhis own father Thyestes. [Aegisthus.]Atria. [Adria.] Atrides (ATpeiSijs), a descendant ofAtreus, especially Agamemnon and Me-nelaus. Atropatene Chrpoirarrivri), or MediaAtropatia the NW. part of Media, adja-cent to Armenia, named after Atropates,a native of the country, who, having been made He was celebrated not only in war, but for his en-its governor by Alexander, founded there a couragement of literature and art. He foundedkingdom, which long remained independent ; the library of Pergamus : the Pergamenealike of the Seleucidae, the Parthians, and the 1 sculpture began with representations of hisRomans, but was at last subdued by the Par- 1 Gallic victories, one of which is the dying Gaulthians (Strab. p. 523; Just. xiii. 4). | (the so-called Gladiator) of the Capitoline Atropates {ArpoTrarns), a Persian satrap, Museum.—(II.) Surnamed Philadelphus, 2ndfought at the battle of Gaugamela, 331, and son of Attalus L, succeeded his brother Eu-. Coin of Attalus head of Philetaerub. the louiiutjr of the dynasty; rev.,Athene, seated, crowning with wreath name of ijaetaipoybetween bunch of grapes and a. ifter the death of Darius, was made satrap ofMedia by Alexander. His daughter was mar-ried to Perdiccas in 324 ; and he received fromhis father-in-law, after Alexanders death, theprovince of the Greater Media. (Diod. xviii. 3 ;Arrian, iv. 18.) [Atropatene.]Atropos. Mora Atta, T. Quintlus, a poet of the national orRoman Comedy (togatu), which representedItalian scenes, died 77. He is praised forhis vivid delineation of character. Horace I, 79) speaks of his plays as acted in his time. Attaginus {ArrayTvos), son of Phrynon, aTheban, betrayed Thebes to Xerxes, the battle of Plataeae (479) the otherGreeks required Attaginus to be delivered upto them, but he made his escape. (Hdt. ix. 88;Paus. vii. 10.) Attalia CATraKeta : ArraAf £t7;s
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