The Atrides (in ancient Greek hoi Atreídai) are the descendants of Atreus, in Greek mythology.
This house was cursed by the gods because it was founded in the blood of Atreus' twin brother, Thyestes, and its destiny was marked by murder, parricide, infanticide and incest. Only Apollo will interrupt the cycle of violence by having Orestes, the matricide, judged on the hill of the Areopagus, by the first criminal court of the city of Athens. Electra is judged and condemned in the same way as her brother, but Apollo saves her.
* Atreus is married to Erope:
o Agamemnon is married to Clytemnestra:
+ Iphigenia
+ Iphianassa (usually equated with Iphigenia )
+ Chrysothemis
+ Laodice
+ Electra (late addition, usually equated with Laodice)
+ Orestes is married to Hermione:
# Tisamene
o Menelaus is married to Helen:
+ Hermione