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    mythology, Pelops (/ˈpiːlɒps, ˈpɛlɒps/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Πέλοψ, translit. Pélops) was king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus region (Πελοπόννησος, lit. "Pelops' Island")...
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  • refer to the following three figures: Pelops, king of Pisa and son of Tantalus Pelops, son of Agamemnon Pelops, an Egyptian prince and one of the sons...
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    mythological figure. She was the queen of Pisa and the wife of Pelops, appearing with Pelops at a potential cult site in Ancient Olympia. Although Hippodamia...
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  • Pelops did not wish to share the credit for the victory. As Myrtilus died, he cursed Pelops and his line, further adding to the house's curse. Pelops...
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  • Pelops (Ancient Greek: Πέλοψ) was an official in the third century Ptolemaic kingdom, son of Pelops, son of Alexander, who had himself been a Ptolemaic...
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    of Pelops. The months July through September offer the most favorable weather for climbing Pelops. Established rock climbing routes on Mount Pelops: North...
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    bastard son of Pelops, king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus, and the nymph Axioche or Danais. According to Pseudo-Plutarch, of all his children Pelops loved Chrysippus...
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  • Pelops (‹See Tfd›Greek: Πέλοψ) was King of Sparta of the Eurypontid dynasty. He was the son of Lykourgos. He was born sometime around 210 BC, but his father...
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  • Pelops (Ancient Greek: Πέλοψ), son of Alexander, was an official in Ptolemaic Egypt in the third century BC. Pelops came from Macedonia and became a 'Friend'...
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  • a son of Agamemnon and Cassandra. This Pelops, carrying the ancestral name (after his great-grandfather Pelops, king of Pisa) and his twin brother Teledamus...
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    throws Myrtilus off a cliff, but not before Myrtilus curses Pelops and his entire line. Pelops and Hippodamia have many children, including Atreus and Thyestes...
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    of the gods. Most famously, Tantalus offered up his son, Pelops, as a sacrifice. He cut Pelops up, boiled him, and served him up in a banquet for several...
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    son of Magnes Pelops son of King Tantalus of Lydia, came to ask for her hand and prepared to race Oenomaus. Worried about losing, Pelops went to the seaside...
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    Olympian 1 (section Pelops)
    the myth of Pelops, king of Pisa, son of Tantalus, father of Thyestes and Atreus, and hero after whom the Peloponnese or "Isle of Pelops" is named. Pindar...
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  • Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ectoedemia pelops. Wikispecies has information related to Ectoedemia pelops. Australian Faunal Directory v t e...
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    pelops A. p. anacaona (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Cuba) A. p. pygmaea (Godart, 1819) (Jamaica) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Antillea pelops....
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    race. Before Pelops, he had beaten and killed all of these suitors, for he had immortal horses given to him by his father Ares. Pelops, however, called...
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  • Amaurobius pelops is a species of spider in the family Amaurobiidae, found in Greece. "Taxon details Amaurobius pelops Thaler & Knoflach, 1991", World...
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    Synonyms Erinnyis rimosa Grote, 1865 Erinnyis congratulans Grote, 1865 Anceryx pelops Boisduval, 1875 Anceryx mnechus Herrich-Schäffer, 1863 Anceryx andae Grote...
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  • a Pisatian prince who became a king of Megara. He was the son of King Pelops of Pisa and Hippodamia, and brother of Atreus and Thyestes. He first married...
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    is Zeus→ Tantalus→ Pelops→ Atreus→ Agamemnon and Menelaus. The Greeks of the times identified the place as the burial site of Pelops, ruler of the Peloponnese...
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  • (Άξιόχη) was a nymph in Greek mythology. She was the mother of Chrysippus by Pelops. Elsewhere she is referred to as "Danais". Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes...
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    was promised the right to Hippodamia's virginity and half of Pelops' kingdom, but Pelops denied both to him and killed him by throwing him into the sea...
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    horse race that would decide the marriage between Pelops and Hippodamia, Myrtilus was approached by Pelops (or in some accounts, by Hippodamia) who wanted...
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  • derived from ευρυς eurys "wide" and δικη dike "justice) was the daughter of Pelops and was married to Electryon, king of Mycenae and son of Perseus. She gave...
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  • is the name of several women in Greek mythology. Lysidice, daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia. She married Mestor and became the mother of Hippothoe. She...
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  • becomes regent of the young Spartan king, Pelops, following the death of Machanidas. Nabis soon overthrows Pelops, claiming to be a descendant of the Eurypontid...
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    to Odysseus. These all seem to date to the 8th century BC. The cult of Pelops at Olympia dates from the Archaic period. Hero cults were offered most prominently...
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    temple at Olympia) and Pelops (divine hero and mythical king of Olympia), did not start until the festival's second day.: p. 15  (Pelops was famous for his...
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  • cattle rather than just their dung (κόπρος). Copreus was said to be a son of Pelops and Hippodameia. He was a fugitive from Elis where he had killed a man called...
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