Vana Atreus, ndiwo mumwe muenzaniso wedambudziko rinotyisa iro rinotambudza mhuri kwezvizvarwa. Asi mune iyi nyaya pane mhosva yakaitirwa vanamwari na tateguru waAtreus uye zviri mukuyananisira kwaari kuti vana vake vakagumburwa nekutsiva kwaMwari.
Tantalus mambo weFrigia Kuseka simba revaMwari, akavakoka kumabiko mumuzinda wake uye akaita kuti vashande nyama yemwanakomana wake Pelops, waakauraya. Zeus akaona mhosva iyi ndokukanda Tantalus mugehena uko chirango chake chaisanganisira kutambura nenzara nenyota, nekusingaperi, achifunga nezvezvinwiwa nezvinwiwa izvo zvaisakwaniswa nemaoko ake. Zeus Akamutsawo Pelops, uyo akaenda kuGirisi uko akaroora mwanasikana waMambo Elis. Pelops aive colonizer wePeloponnese. Asi mumwe wevanakomana vake anonzi Atreus akapara mhosva yakafanana neyaTantalus, akaita kuti mukoma wake Trieste adye vana vake, uye ipapo kutukwa kwevamwari kwakawira zvisingaite pavana vake vese. Vazukuru ve Pelops Aive Agamemnon naMeneus, madzimambo eSparta akarwisa iyo Trojan War. Pakudzoka kwehondo, Agamemnon akaurayiwa nemukadzi wake Clytemnestra, asi mwanakomana wavo, Orestes, akauraya amai vake kutsiva baba vake, vachiteverwa nevekutsiva maFury. Iyi ndiyo mhuri yakatukwa namwari, ye Atrides, ane mhosva uye nhamo vadetembi vasina mweya.