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Pisus
The founder of the city, they say, was Pisus, the son of Perieres, the son of Aeolus. (Paus. 6.22.2)
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Artemis Cordaca
Cordaca (Kordaka), a surname of Artemis in Elis, derived from an indecent dance called ko/rdac, which the companions of Pelops are said to have performed in honour of the goddess after a victory which they had won. (Paus. vi. 22.1)
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Oenomaus
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Oenomaus, (Oinomaos). King of Pisa in Elis, son of Ares and
father of Hippodamia. An oracle had warned him that he should perish by the hands
of his son-in-law; and as his horses were swifter than those of any other mortal,
he declared that all who came forward as suitors for Hippodamia's hand should
contend with him in a chariot-race, that whoever conquered should receive her,
and that whoever was conquered should suffer death. The race-course extended from
Pisa to the altar of Poseidon, on the Corinthian Isthmus. The suitor started with
Hippodamia in a chariot, and Oenomaus then hastened with his swift horses after
the lovers. He had overtaken and slain many a suitor, when Pelops, the son of
Tantalus, came to Pisa. Pelops bribed Myrtilus, the charioteer of Oenomaus, to
take out the linch-pins from the wheels of his master's chariot, and Pelops received
from Poseidon a golden chariot and horses of great swiftness. In the race which
followed, the chariot of Oenomaus broke down, and he fell out and was killed.
Thus Pelops obtained Hippodamia and the kingdom of Pisa.
There are some variations in this story, such as that Oenomaus
was himself in love with his own daughter, and for this reason slew her lovers.
Myrtilus also is said to have loved Hippodamia, and as she favoured the suit of
Pelops, she persuaded Myrtilus to take the linch-pins out of the wheels of her
father's chariot. As Oenomaus was breathing his last, he pronounced a curse upon
Myrtilus. This curse had its desired effect, for as Pelops refused to give to
Myrtilus the reward he had promised, or else because Myrtilus had attempted to
dishonour Hippodamia, Pelops thrust him down from Cape Geraestus. Myrtilus, while
dying, likewise pronounced a curse upon Pelops, which was the cause of all the
calamities that afterwards befell his house.The tomb of Oenomaus was shown on
the river Cladeus, in Elis. His house was destroyed by lightning, and only one
pillar of it remained standing.
| This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks |
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Oenomaus : Various WebPages
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Perseus Project index
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Alxion
Father of Oenomaus.
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Alcathus
Perseus Project
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Alcathous, (Alkathoos). The son of Pelops and Hippodamia, who
obtained as his wife Evaechme, the daughter of Megareus, by slaying the Cithaeronian
lion, and succeeded his father-in-law as king of Megara. He restored the walls
of Megara, which is therefore sometimes called Alcathoe by the poets. In this
work he was assisted by Apollo. The stone upon which the god used to place his
lyre while he was at work was believed, even in late times, to give forth a sound,
when struck, similar to that of a lyre.
| This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks |
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Myrtilos (Myrtilus)
Perseus Encyclopedia
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Myrtilus, (Murtilos). Son of Hermes, by Cleobule or Myrto. He
was the charioteer of Oenomaus, whose defeat by Pelops in the race was due to
his treachery. When he demanded the reward that had been settled, the half of
the realm of Oenomaus, Pelops threw him into the sea near Geraestus, in Euboea,
and that part of the Aegean was thence called the Myrtoan Sea. He was placed among
the stars as the constellation Auriga.
| This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks |
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Myrtilus, Myrtilos : Perseus Project Index
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Sphaerus or Cillas
Charioteer of Pelops, his tomb.
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Chrysippus
Chrysippus (Chrusippos). A son of Pelops, carried off by Laius. This circumstance
became a theme with many ancient writers, and hence the story assumed different
shapes, according to the fancy of those who handled it. The death of Chrysippus
was also related in different ways. According to the common account, he was slain
by Atreus, at the instigation of his step-mother, Hippodamia.
| This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks |
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Chrysippus
Chrysippus (Chrusippos), a son of Pelops by the nymph Axioche or by Danaiis (Plut. Parall.
Hist. Gr. et Rom. 33), and accordingly a stepbrother of Alcathous, Atreus, and
Thyestes. While still a boy, he was carried off by king Laius of Thebes, who instructed
him in driving a chariot (Apollod. iii. 5.5). According to others, he was carried
off by Theseus during the contests celebrated by Pelops (Hygin. Feb. 271); but
Pelops recovered him by force of arms. His step-mother Hippodamieia hated him,
and induced her solns Atreus and Thyestes to kill him; whereas, according to another
tradition, Chrysippus was killed by his either Pelops himself (Paus. vi. 20.4;
Hygin. Flb. 85; Schol. ad Thuc. i. 9). A second mythical Chrysippus is mentioned
by Apollodorus (ii. 1.5).
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Hippalcmus
Hippalcmus, (Hippalkmos), the name of two mythical personages, the one a son of Pelops and Hippodameia, and the other an Argonaut. (Schol. ad Pind. Ol. i. 144; Hygin. Fab. 14.)
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Hippodameia (Hippodamia)
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Hippodamia, (Hippodameia). A daughter of Oenomaus, king of Pisa,
in Elis, who married Pelops, son of Tantalus.
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Hippodameia, Hippodamia : Perseus Project Index
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Marmax
Suitor of Hippodamia, slain by Oenomaus.
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Suitors of Hippodameia
According to the epic poem called the Great Eoeae the next after Marmax to be killed by Oenomaus was Alcathus, son of Porthaon; after Alcathus came Euryalus, Eurymachus and Crotalus. Now the parents and fatherlands of these I was unable to discover, but Acrias, the next after them to be killed, one might guess to have been a Lacedaemonian and the founder of Acriae. After Acrias they say that Oenomaus slew Capetus, Lycurgus, Lasius, Chalcodon and Tricolonus, who, according to the Arcadians, was the descendant and namesake of Tricolonus, the son of Lycaon. After Tricolonus there met their fate in the race Aristomachus and Prias, and then Pelagon, Aeolius and Cronius. Some add to the aforesaid Erythras, the son of Leucon, the son of Athamas, after whom was named Erythrae in Boeotia, and Eioneus, the son of Magnes the son of Aeolus.
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Parthenia and Eripha
Mares of Marmax.
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