![]() ![]() Pelops was one of the most important founding-kings of myth. His rival in the east was King Perseus of Argos, but the two houses formed an alliance with the marriage of the daughters of Pelops to the sons of Perseus. Pelops quickly grew his empire and came to control most of the western Peloponnesos. The dying man called down a curse upon his house which would plague Pelops and his descendants for many generations to come. When Myrtilos demanded his reward, he treacherously cast him off a cliff into the sea. ![]() Oinomaos was killed as a result and Pelops seized control of the kingdom. The king would slay his daughter's suitors as he overtook them in a chariot race, so Pelops bribed the charioteer Myrtilos to tamper with the axle. He later travelled across the sea to Greece to compete for the hand of Hippodameia, daughter of King Oinomaos (Oenomaus) of Pisa. The young Pelops became a lover of the god Poseidon who provided him with a chariot drawn by swift-some say winged-horses. This they replaced with one made of ivory. The Fates collected up his remains and cast them into a boiling cauldron, restoring his form except for his left shoulder which had inadvertently been devoured by the goddess Demeter. Zeus recognised the deception, cast Tantalos into Haides for eternal torment, and had the boy resurrected by the Moirai. His father King Tantalos of Lydia was impious man who, wishing to test the fallibility of the gods, butchered the young Pelops and served him at a feast of the gods. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.PELOPS was a king of the Eleian city of Pisa and the eponymous overlord of the western Peloponnesos, the so-called "Island of Pelops". Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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