The archeological sight known as the Treasury of Atreus is also known as the Tomb of Agamemnon, Atreus's son. Modern archeologists say it wasn't built by either of them, though.

Somewhere up in space, there's a tiny asteroid named after Atreus. We're guessing it's a pretty depressing asteroid.

In the awesome sci-fi series, Dune, the heroes and tyrants of House Atreides are all said to be descended from Atreus, himself.

Here's some randomness you probably didn't know: there's a genus of extinct fish named after Thyestes. There, now you know.

There's a seriously hardcore band called Thyestean Banquet...like seriously hardcore.