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ATTRIDES. Chaucer uses the Greek patronymic as a name for Agamemnon, Bo IV, Metr 7.l. Boethius writes ultor Atrides, the avenger of Atreus. [Agamenon]

The doubled consonant in Attrides indicates an initial unstressed vowel.


From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.

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