/at"l id/ , n. , pl. Attalids, Attalidae /euh tal"i dee'/ .
any of a line of kings, usually named Attalus or Eumenes, that ruled Pergamum, in Asia Minor, 282-133 B.C.
[ presumably after Attalus ( Áttalos ), father of Philetaerus (d. 263 B.C.), founder of the kingdom; see -ID 1 ]