Pelops was enraged and killed the son of Hermes, who, with his dying breath, cursed Pelops and his family, bringing the tally to two curses on the house of Atreus.
So, the finest or most beautiful (kalliste) (1453a22–23) tragedies of which Aristotle is aware take a few families as their subjects, such as the Palace of Thebes or the House of Atreus.