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👤 Pelops (Pisan)

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  • Information
    son of Tantalos, eponym of the Peloponnese
    Son of
    👤 Tantalos (Lydian)
    Father of
    👤 Alcathoos (Megarian) 👤 Astydameia (d. of Pelops) 👤 Atreus 👤 Chrysippos (s. of Pelops) 👤 Copreus 👤 Epidauros 👤 Sceiron 👤 Pittheus 👤 Lysidice (d. of Pelops) 👤 Nicippe (Argive) 👤 Thyestes (Mycenaean) 👤 Cleones 👤 Letreus 👤 Sicyon 👤 Troizen (eponym) 👤 Argeios (s. of Pelops)
    Husband of
    👤 Hippodameia (Elian) 👤 Axioche
    Has children with
    👤 Aerope (Argive) 👤 Hippodameia (Elian) 👤 Axioche
    Founder of
    🌍 Pisa (Elis) 🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) 🌍 Cilla (Troad) 🌍 Thalamai (Laconia/Messenia) 🌍 Leuctra (Laconia) 🌍 Charadra (Messenia/Laconia)
    Eponym of
    🌍 the Peloponnese
    Settles in
    🌍 the Peloponnese
    Ruler of
    🌍 Pisa (Elis) 🌍 Phrygia 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 Mount Sipylos (Lydia)
    Creates
    🏛️ the Tomb of Taraxippos (Olympia) 🏛️ the Tomb of the Suitors of Hippodameia (Harpina)
    Kills
    👤 Myrtilos 👤 Oinomaos (Elian) 👤 Stymphalos (s. of Elatos)
    Holds games at
    🌍 Olympia (Elis)
    Dies at
    🌍 Pisa (Elis) 🌍 Mount Sipylos (Lydia) 🌍 Asia Minor
    Killed by
    👤 Tantalos (Lydian)
    Buried at
    🏛️ the Tomb of Pelops (Olympia)
    Resurrected by
    👤 Clotho 👤 Rhea 👤 Hermes
    Cult sites
    🏛️ the Altar of Pelops at Olympia🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia🌍 the Sanctuary of Pelops at Olympia
    Body parts
    🏺 the Bones of Pelops🏺 the Shoulder of Pelops
    Animals
    👥 the Horses of Pelops
    Weaponry
    🏺 the Sword of Ares 🏺 the Sword of Pelops
    Related Entities
    👤 Aerope (Argive) 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Alcathoos (Megarian) 👤 Amphion (Theban) 👤 Apollo 👤 Astydameia (d. of Pelops) 👤 Athena 👤 Atreus 👤 Chrysippos (s. of Pelops) 👤 Clotho 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Copreus 👤 Epidauros 👤 Hera 👤 Poseidon 👤 Rhea 👤 Zeus 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Hippodameia (Elian) 👤 Ilos (Trojan II) 👤 Inachos (river god) 👤 Labdacos 👤 Laios 👤 Sceiron 👤 Oxylos (Elian) 👤 Io 👤 Pittheus 👤 Lysidice (d. of Pelops) 👤 Menelaos 👤 Myrtilos 👤 Nicippe (Argive) 👤 Niobe (Theban) 👤 Oinomaos (Elian) 👤 Sterope (Atlantid) 👤 Stymphalos (s. of Elatos) 👤 Tantalos (Lydian) 👤 Thyestes (Mycenaean) 👤 Zethos 🏺 the Scepter of Agamemnon 🌍 Pisa (Elis) 🌍 Cape Geraistos (Euboia) 🌍 the Myrtoan Sea 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Apia (alt. Peloponnese) 🌍 Pelasgiotis (alt. Peloponnese) 🌍 the Peloponnese 👤 the Golden Lamb of Atreus 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 👤 Pelopeia (Mycenaean) 🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Phrygia 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Elis (region) 🏺 the Bones of Pelops🌍 the Ionian Sea 🌍 Mideia (Argolid) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor) 🌍 Laconia 🏺 the Chariot of Pelops 👤 Argos (Panoptes) 🌍 Phthia (Thessaly) 👥 the Achaians 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 Mount Sipylos (Lydia) 🌍 Elis (city) 🏛️ the Altar of Pelops at Olympia🌍 the Troad 🌍 Cilla (Troad) 🌍 Helice (Achaia) 🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Taraxippos (Olympia) 🌍 Letrinoi (Elis) 👤 Alpheios (river god) 👥 the Olympian Gods👤 Agorios 🏺 the Shoulder of Pelops 👥 the Horses of Oinomaos 👤 Harpinna (horse) 👤 Psylla (horse) 🏺 the Sword of Ares 👤 Epeios (Elian) 👤 Cillas (eponym) 👤 Sphairos (charioteer) 👤 Cleones 👤 Letreus 👤 Sicyon 👤 Troizen (eponym) 🌍 Thalamai (Laconia/Messenia) 🌍 Leuctra (Laconia) 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi🏺 the Sword of Pelops🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia🌍 River Cladeos (Elis) 👤 Cladeos (river god) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Pelops at Olympia 🏺 the Object of Taraxippos🏛️ the Temple of Cydonian Athena at Phrixa (Elis)🌍 Harpina (Elis) 🏛️ the Tomb of the Suitors of Hippodameia (Harpina) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Cordax near Pisa (Elis)🌍 Asia Minor 🏛️ the Tomb of Pelops (Olympia)👤 Argeios (s. of Pelops)👥 the Horses of Pelops 🌍 Charadra (Messenia/Laconia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Cillas (Troad) 👤 Axioche
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.3📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.7📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.8📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.9📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.10📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.5📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.6📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.5📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.6📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.7📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.7📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 44-68📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 144-167📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 307-329📖 Pausanias 2.15.1📖 Pausanias 2.18.2📖 Pausanias 2.33.1📖 Pausanias 5.1.7📖 Pausanias 5.4.3📖 Pausanias 5.8.2📖 Pausanias 5.27.1📖 Pausanias 6.20.7📖 Pausanias 6.21.6📖 Pausanias 6.22.1📖 Pausanias 6.22.8📖 Plutarch, Theseus 7.1📖 Homer, Iliad 2.100-2.108📖 Euripides, Medeia 663-688📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 403-406📖 Pausanias 2.6.5-2.6.7📖 Pausanias 2.26.1-2.26.2📖 Pausanias 8.14.1-8.14.3📖 Pausanias 8.14.10-8.14.12📖 Pausanias 1.41.3-1.41.6📖 Pausanias 2.22.2-2.22.3📖 Pausanias 2.30.8-2.30.9📖 Pausanias 5.1.6-5.1.7📖 Pausanias 5.17.5-5.17.8📖 Pausanias 5.10.6-5.10.7📖 Pausanias 5.13.1-5.13.2📖 Pausanias 5.16.2-5.16.4📖 Pausanias 6.20.15-6.20.19📖 Pausanias 6.21.9-6.21.11📖 Pausanias 5.24.7-5.24.8📖 Pausanias 5.25.8-5.25.10📖 Pausanias 9.40.11-9.40.12📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.1-1.4📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.4-2.8📖 Plutarch, Theseus 3.1-3.3📖 Sophocles, Aias 1266-1315📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 134 Most📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 136 Most📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 263-270📖 Cypria fr. 16 West📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 29📖 Bacchylides, Odes 7📖 Bacchylides, Odes 8📖 Bacchylides, Odes 11📖 Bacchylides fr. 42📖 Lucian, Judgement of the Goddesses 13-16📖 Lucian, Slander 1📖 Lucian, The Dance 43📖 Lucian, The Dance 47📖 Lucian, The Dance 54📖 Lucian, Saturnalia 5-6📖 Pindar, Olympian 1 23-66📖 Pindar, Olympian 1 67-96📖 Pindar, Olympian 5 1-24📖 Pindar, Olympian 9 1-20📖 Lucian, Gout 241-264📖 Ps-Lucian, Charidemos 7📖 Ps-Lucian, Charidemos 9📖 Ps-Lucian, Charidemos 19📖 Pindar, Nemean 2 16-25📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 132 Fowler📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.104📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.105📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.106📖 Pindar fr. 135 Snell-Maehler📖 Pomponius Mela 1.90📖 Ovid, Ibis 365-370📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.7📖 Ovid, Ibis 433-434📖 Strabo 8.4.4📖 Strabo 7.7.1📖 Strabo 8.5.4-8.5.5📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.38a📖 Strabo 8.6.14📖 Strabo 8.3.31📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.401-6.674📖 Strabo 14.5.23-14.5.28📖 Strabo 12.8.2📖 Strabo 13.1.63📖 Ovid, Amores 3.2📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 50a Harder
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadDionysios, PeriegesisLycophron, Alexandra CypriaPlutarch, TheseusPausaniasPindarPherecydes of AthensEuripides, Suppliant WomenHesiod, EhoiaiEuripides, MedeiaSophocles, AiasStraboPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesBacchylides, OdesBacchylidesCallimachus, AetiaLucian, Judgement of the GoddessesLucian, SlanderLucian, The DanceLucian, SaturnaliaPindar, Olympian 1Pindar, Olympian 5Pindar, Olympian 9Lucian, GoutPs-Lucian, CharidemosPindar, Nemean 2Pomponius MelaD-Scholia, IliadOvid, IbisOvid, MetamorphosesOvid, AmoresVergil, Georgics
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 2.100-2.108📖 Hellanicos fr. 157 Fowler📖 Theopompos FGrHist 115 fr. 350📖 Ibycos fr. 308 Campbell⚒️ Inscription on Statue Group of the Greek Contingent from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia (Not Extant)
    Depictions
    🎨 East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia by Paionios (LIMC Alpheios 8)🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling V 3, 12, Pompeii (PALP r5-i3-p12-space-2)
    Reported depictions
    🌍 the Hippodrome (Olympia)🎨 Wooden Chest of Cypselos (LIMC Achilleus 205)🎨 East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia by Paionios (LIMC Alpheios 8)🎨 Statue Group of Zeus, Pelops, and Alpheios in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia (LIMC Alpheios 9)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from of
    🌍 Egypt 🌍 Elis (region) 🌍 Troizen (Argolid) 🌍 Elis (city)
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