Inzala ka Atreus, ngomnye umzekelo wentshabalalo eyoyikisayo usapho kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. Kodwa kule meko kukho ulwaphulo-mthetho olwenziwe ngokuchasene noothixo ngu ukhokho ka-Atreus kwaye kukucamagushela kuye ukuba inzala yakhe yahlaselwa yimpindezelo kaThixo.
UTantalus ukumkani waseFrigiya Ukuhlekisa ngamandla oothixo, wabamemela esidlweni kwibhotwe lakhe wabenza bakhonza inyama yonyana wakhe uPelops awayembulele. Zeus Walubona ulwaphulo-mthetho kwaye waphosa uTantalus esihogweni apho isohlwayo sakhe sasiquka ukulamba nokunxanwa, ngonaphakade, ecinga ngokutya okuluncuthu neziselo ezingenakufikelelwa zizandla zakhe. Zeus Wavusa kwakhona Iipelops, owaya eGrisi apho watshata intombi kaKumkani uElis. Iipelops yayingu colonel wePeloponnese. Kodwa omnye woonyana bakhe ogama linguAtreus wenza ulwaphulo-mthetho olufana nolo lukaTantalus, wenza ukuba umntakwabo uTrieste atye abakhe abantwana, emva koko isiqalekiso soothixo sawela ngokungapheziyo kuyo yonke inzala yakhe. Abazukulwana baka Iipelops KwakunguAgamemnon kunye noMenelaus, ookumkani baseSparta abenza iMfazwe yeTrojan. Ekubuyeni kwemfazwe, u-Agamemnon wabulawa ngumfazi wakhe uClytemnestra, kodwa unyana wabo, u-Orestes, wabulala umama wakhe ukuziphindezela kuyise, elandelwa ziimpindezelo ezaziphindezela. Olu lusapho luqalekisiwe ngoothixo, Atrides, ulwaphulo-mthetho kunye namashwa iimbongi ziye zaza zafa.