Greek mythology
Pelops
The prince who won his bride by a rigged chariot race
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Parents
- Tantalus
- Siblings
- Niobe
- Group
- Mortal · Ruler
- Appears in
- House of Atreus
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Pelops is the son of Tantalus, butchered by his father and served to the gods, then restored to life with an ivory shoulder where Demeter ate his own. To win Hippodamia he races her father Oenomaus, bribing the charioteer Myrtilus to sabotage the king's wheels. He triumphs but betrays Myrtilus, whose dying curse poisons the house of Pelops for generations, down to Atreus and Agamemnon.
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- Who is Pelops?
- Pelops is the son of Tantalus, butchered by his father and served to the gods, then restored to life with an ivory shoulder where Demeter ate his own. To win Hippodamia he races her father Oenomaus, bribing the charioteer Myrtilus to sabotage the king's wheels.
- Which mythology does Pelops belong to?
- Pelops belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Pelops appear in?
- Pelops appears in House of Atreus, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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