Editing Atreus (section)

==Hittite records==
{{Main article|Attarsiya}}

There is a possible reference to Atreus in a [[Hittites|Hittite]] text known as the "Indictment of [[Madduwatta]]". The indictment describes several army clashes between the Greeks and the Hittites which took place around the late 15th or early 14th centuries BC. The Greek leader was a man called Attarsiya, and some scholars have speculated that Attarsiya or Attarissiya was the Hittite way of writing the Greek name Atreus.<ref>Bryce, Trevor R., "The Trojan War: Is There Truth Behind the Legend?", ''Near Eastern Archaeology'', Vol. 65, No. 3. (Sep. 2002), p. 193. {{doi|10.2307/3210883}}. {{JSTOR|3210883}}.</ref><ref>[[Robert S. P. Beekes|R. S. P. Beekes]], ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 158.</ref>  Other scholars argue that even though the name is probably Greek (since the man is described as an [[Ahhiyawa]]) and related to Atreus, the person carrying the name is not necessarily identical to the famous Atreus.<ref>[[M. L. West]], "Atreus and Attarissiyas",  ''Glotta'', vol. 77 (2004), pp. 262–266. {{JSTOR|40267129}}. He suggests that ''Atreus'' is a secondary form based on the [[patronymic]] ''Atreïdēs'', which is in turn derived from the Mycenaean *''Atrehiās''.</ref>