Inzalo ka Atreus,, ngesinye isibonelo sesiphetho esesabekayo esihlupha umndeni izizukulwane ngezizukulwane. Kepha kulokhu kunecala elenziwe konkulunkulu ngu- ukhokho ka-Atreus futhi kungukubuyisana ngaye ukuthi inzalo yakhe yahlaselwa yimpindiselo yaphezulu.
UTantalus inkosi yaseFrigiya Ukuhlekisa ngamandla oNkulunkulu, wabamemela edilini lakhe esigodlweni futhi wabenza bakhonza inyama yendodana yakhe uPelops, ayebulele. Zeus wabona ubugebengu futhi waphonsa uTantalus esihogweni lapho isijeziso sakhe sasihlanganisa ukuhlupheka yindlala nokoma, ingunaphakade, ecabanga ngezibiliboco neziphuzo izandla zakhe ezazingakwazi ukufinyelela kuzo. Zeus Wabuye wavuka Amapelops, owaya eGrisi lapho ashada khona nendodakazi yeNkosi u-Elis. Amapelops kwakungu-colonizer wePeloponnese. Kepha enye yamadodana akhe egama lingu-Atreus yenze icala elifana nelikaTantalus, lenza umfowabo uTrieste adle izingane zakhe, bese isiqalekiso sonkulunkulu sehlela ngokungaphezi kuyo yonke inzalo yakhe. Abazukulu be Amapelops Kwakungu-Agamemnon noMenelaus, amakhosi aseSparta abamba iMpi YeTrojan. Lapho impi ibuya, u-Agamemnon wabulawa ngumkakhe uClytemnestra, kepha indodana yabo, u-Orestes, yabulala umama wayo ukuze aphindisele uyise, elandelwa yiFuries ephindiselayo. Lona ngumndeni oqalekiswe onkulunkulu, we I-Atridas, obani ubugebengu namashwa izimbongi eziye zafa.