House Atreides

House Atreides is a fictional noble family from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. One of the Great Houses of the feudal interstellar empire known as the Imperium, its members play a role in every novel in the series. It is suggested within the series that the root of the Atreides line is the mythological Greek House of Atreus. In Homer's Iliad, the brothers Agamemnon and Menelaus are dubbed "the Atreides," or, sons of Atreus. House Atreides hails from the water planet of Caladan, and employs unlikely methods in its endeavors: noble spirit, just ways and unfailing virtue. Ruling its homeworld Caladan for generations with justice and generosity, House Atreides has perfected a form of government that results in a well-organized society and a spiritually satisfied people. Little wonder that Caladan is the lush, prosperous paradise that it is. However, the House is also proficient in war; it has even developed an Atreides battle language (in the 1984 film version, this... full article at wikipedia