Pelops

[ pee-lops, pel-ops ]

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noun

Classical Mythology. a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him.

Pelops

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noun

Greek myth the son of Tantalus, who as a child was killed by his father and served up as a meal for the gods

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For Pelops’ winning the chariot race I have preferred Apollodorus, of the first or second century A.D., who gives the fullest account that has come down to us.

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He had his only son Pelops killed, boiled in a great cauldron, and served to the gods.

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However that might be, the rest of Pelops’ life was successful.

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Either she fell in love with Pelops or she felt the time had come to put a stop to that sort of racing.

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Later, Myrtilus was killed by Pelops, cursing him as he died, and some said that this was the cause of the misfortunes that afterward followed the family.

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Peloponnesus peloria

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