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Pelops

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thumb|Roman mosaic with Pelops and Hippodamia, kept in the D. Diogo de Sousa Museum in Braga, Portugal.

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Gender
male
Spouse
Axioche
Father
Tantalus
Sibling
Niobe
Image
Pelops and Hippodamia racing.jpg
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name in native language
Πέλοπας
worshipped by
Greek mythology
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Pelops
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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Family
  • Mythology
  • Tantalus's savage banquet
  • Courting Hippodamia
  • Olympic Games
  • Curse of the Pelopidai
  • Cult
  • Origin
  • Shrines
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Ancient sources
  • Modern sources
  • External links

thumb|Roman mosaic with Pelops and Hippodamia, kept in the D. Diogo de Sousa Museum in Braga, Portugal.

In Greek mythology, Pelops (; ) was king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus region (, lit. "Pelops's Island"). He was the son of Tantalus and the father of Atreus.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pelops” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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