Atreus was the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. He took in Aegisthus as his own son without realizing that it was the son of his brother Thyestes and niece Pelopina. Atreus would later tell Aegisthus to kill Thyestes but that's when Aegisthus finds out that Thyestes was his true father. Pelopina was shocked that he had a son with her father took her own life. Aegisthus refused to kill his true father and instead killed Atreus. This relates to Electra because Atreus was her grand father and his actions led to the chains of revenge.
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