for the Spartan boy king Pelops Sparta File Pelops.jpg thumb 250px Pelops In Greek mythology , Pelops ... of Pelops , but for all Hellenes. At the sanctuary at Olympia, chthonic night time libations were offered each time to dark faced Pelops in his sacrificial pit bothros before they were offered in the following daylight to the sky god Zeus Burkert 1983 96 . Genealogy Pelops was a son of Tantalus ... Olympia from King Oenomaus . Pelops was credited with numerous children, begotten on his wife Hippodamia Hippodameia , daughter of Oenomaus. Pelops sons include Pittheus , Troezen mythology Troezen , Alcathous, son of Pelops Alcathous , Dimoetes , Pleisthenes , Atreus , Thyestes , Copreus , Hippalcimus , Cleones and Letreus. Pelops and Hippodameia also had several daughters, some of whom married ... ref Pseudo Plutarch , Greek and Roman Parallel Stories , 33 ref Pelops was father of Chrysippus mythology Chrysippus . Tantalus savage banquet Pelops father was Tantalus, king at Spil Mount Mount Sipylus in Anatolia . Wanting to make an offering to the Olympians, Tantalus cut Pelops into pieces and made .... The other gods sensed the plot, however, and held off from eating of the boy s body. Pelops was ritually ... invention his patron claimed descent from Tantalus. After Pelops resurrection, Poseidon took him ... chariot. Later, Zeus threw Pelops out of Olympus, angry that his father, Tantalus, had stolen the food ... Having grown to manhood, Pelops wanted to marry Hippodamia . King Oenomaus , her father, fearful of a prophecy ... column in the late second century CE. Pelops came to ask for her hand and prepared to race Oenomaus. Worried about losing, Pelops went to the seaside and invoked Poseidon, his former lover. ref Pindar ... , having received the horses, Pelops hastens to Pisa to defeat Oenomaus. On the way, his charioteer Cillus also named Sphaerus dies and stands in a dream over Pelops, who was highly distressed about him, to make requests for a funeral. Pelops complies by burying his ashes magnificently, and raises ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Ectoedemia pelops image image width 220px image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera cohorto Myoglossata subcohorto Neolepidoptera familia Nepticulidae genus Ectoedemia species E. pelops binomial Ectoedemia pelops binomial authority Hoare, 2000 synonyms Ectoedemia pelops is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found near the Murray Darling basin in New South Wales . The larvae possibly feed on Capparis mitchellii . They probably leaf miner mine the leaves of their host plant. External links http www.environment.gov.au biodiversity abrs online resources fauna afd taxa 41ebe3dc 93b7 4766 a5b2 a2333e3eb928 Australian Faunal Directory wikispecies commons Category Lepidoptera of Australia Category Nepticulidae Ectoedemia stub vi Ectoedemia pelops ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Antillea pelops image Antillea pelops.jpg image width image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Nymphalidae tribus Melitaeini genus Antillea species A. pelops binomial Antillea pelops binomial authority Dru Drury Drury , 1773 synonyms Papilio pelops small Drury, 1773 small Argynnis pygmaea small Godart, 1819 small Papilio aegon small Fabricius, 1781 small preocc. Denis & Schifferm ller, 1775 Erycina aedon small Godart, 1824 small Antillea pelops is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Caribbean , including Cuba , Hispaniola , Jamaica , Puerto Rico , Montserrat and Saint Kitts . The length of the forewings is 10 12 mm for males and 11 13 mm for females. The larva e feed on Blechum pyramidatum and Justicia comata . Subspecies A. p. pelops A. p. anacaona small Herrich Sch ffer, 1865 small Cuba A. p. pygmaea small Godart, 1819 small Jamaica External links http ftp.ipv6.funet.fi pub sci bio life insecta lepidoptera ditrysia papilionoidea nymphalidae nymphalinae antillea index.html Site van Markku Savela commons wikispecies Category Melitaeini nymphalinae stub nl Antillea pelops ... more details
Infobox person allegiance Sparta name Pelops of Sparta birth date circa 210s BC birth place Sparta parents Lykourgos king Lykourgos Pelops was King of Sparta of the Eurypontid dynasty. He was son of Lykourgos king Lykourgos . He was born sometime around 210 BC, but his father soon died that year. Since he was an infant, a regent reigned, first Machanidas and then Nabis . In 199 BC however, Pelops was assassinated by Nabis, who assumed the throne. He was the last of the Eurypontid Dynasty. S start Succession box title Kings of Sparta Eurypontid dynasty Eurypontid King of Sparta before Lykourgos king Lykourgos after n a last of the Eurypontid line years 210&ndash 199 BC s end Kings of Sparta Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pelops ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION King of Sparta DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Sparta DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pelops Category Rulers of Sparta Category 210s BC births Category 190s BC deaths Category 3rd century BC Greek people Category Assassinated royalty el es P lope de Esparta hu Pelopsz sp rtai kir ly ja pt P lops rei ru sk Pelops kr Sparty zh ... more details
For other uses of this name, see Alcathous . Alcathous ancient Greek Gr. lang grc was in Greek mythology the son of Pelops and Hippodamia , ref name DGRBM cite encyclopedia last Smith first William authorlink William Smith lexicographer title Alcathous 1 editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 97 98 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0106.html ref and brother of Atreus and Thyestes . He first married Pyrgo and afterwards Euaechme , and was the father of Ischepolis lang grc , Callipolis lang grc , Iphinoe mythology Iphinoe lang grc , Periboea lang grc , and Automedusa lang grc . ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , Description of Greece i. 42. 1, 4, 43. 4 ref ref Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca ii. 4. 11, iii. 12. 7 ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias relates that after Euippus, son of king Megareus of Onchestus Megareus , was killed by the Cythaeronian lion , Megareus, whose elder son Timalcus had likewise fallen by the hands of Theseus , offered his daughter Euaechme and his kingdom to anyone who could slay the lion. ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , Description of Greece i. 41. 4 ref Alcathous undertook the task, killed the lion, and thus obtained Euaechme for his wife, and afterwards became the successor of Megareus. In gratitude for this success, he built at Megara a temple of Artemis Agrotera and Apollo Agraeus . He also restored the walls of Megara, which had been destroyed by the Crete Cretans . ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , Description of Greece i. 41. 5 ref In this work he was said to have been assisted by Apollo, and the stone upon which the god used to place his lyre while he was at work, was even in late times believed to produce a sound similar to that of a lyre when struck. ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , Descript ... more details
Pyrgo may refer to Pyrgo Park Pyrgo genus Pyrgo genus , a foraminifer genus in the subfamily Quinqueloculininae Pyrgo , the first wife of Alcathous, son of Pelops in Greek mythology See also Pirgo , royal residence of King Henry VIII disambiguation ... more details
, did not die at once, and was able to tell Pelops that the real murderer was his stepmother. The death of Chrysippus is sometimes seen as springing from the curse that Myrtilus placed on Pelops for his betrayal, as Pelops threw him from a cliff after he helped Pelops win a race. Euripides wrote ... br C hrisippos mab Pelops cs Chr sippos de Chrysippos Sohn des Pelops el es Crisipo ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 In Greek mythology, Tantalus was a son of Thyestes and a prince of southern Argolis. He was killed along with his brother Pleisthenes , by Thyestes s brother Atreus . Atreus killed his nephews because Thyestes seduced his wife, Aerope . Atreus was the king of Mycenae , and Thyestes ruled the south of Argolis . Other characters named Tantalus The name Tantalus was common in Tantalus s family. The first Tantalus, son of Zeus, is the most famous. He was favored by the gods but sacrificed his son Pelops Thyestes s father to the Olympians, who hated human sacrifice. The gods killed Tantalus and brought Pelops back to life. Pelops had a brother named Broteas who had a son named Tantalus. Tantalus son of Broteas Tantalus II was killed by Agamemnon , who married his wife, Clytaemnestra . Tantalid family tree Tantalus, son of Zeus and Plouto the nymph, and his wife Dione, had two sons Broteas and Pelops, and a daughter, Niobe . Broteas Broteas s son was Tantalus II. Pelops Pelops married Hippodameia and had the following children Pittheus , Alcathous , Dias , Pleisthenes , Atreus , Thyestes , Copreus , Hippalcimus, Astydameia , Nicippe , and Eurydice . Atreus had a son named Agamemnon , whose son was Orestes and Thyestes had three sons Tantalus III, Pleisthenes, and Aegisthus . Orestes became the ruler of all the Peloponessus and had a son named Tisamenus . Aegisthus had a son named Alete . Niobe Niobe had fourteen children. Sources Gods and Heroes, Gustav Schwab, Pantheon. D Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, Ingrid and Edgar Parain D Aulaire. http en.wikipedia.org wiki Tantalus http en.wikipedia.org wiki Orestes http en.wikipedia.org wiki Aegisthus greek myth stub Category Greek mythology ... more details
In Greek mythology , Eurydice was the daughter of Pelops and was married to Electryon , king of Mycenae and son of Perseus mythology Perseus . She bore him Alcmena , mother of Heracles . ref Turner, Coulter 2001 , p. 175 ref In other versions of the myth, Eurydice s place was taken by Anaxo , Electryon s niece. ref Turner, Coulter 2001 , p. 35 ref Notes reflist References Patricia Turner, Charles Russell Coulter, Dictionary of ancient deities , Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0195145046 Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology de Eurydike Tochter des Pelops pt Eur dice filha de P lope sk Eurydik dc ra Pelopa ... more details
Pelagon Aeolius Cronius Erythras, son of Leucon Eioneus , son of Magnes div Pelops came to ask for Hippodamia s hand and prepared to race Oenomaus. Worried about losing, Pelops went to the seaside ... 1959 64 . ref In an episode that was added to the simple heroic chariot race, Pelops, still unsure ... , to help him win. Myrtilus was convinced by Pelops or Hippodamia promising him half of Oenomaus ... was catching up to Pelops and readying to kill him, the wheels flew off and the chariot broke apart. Myrtilus survived, but Oenomaus was dragged to death by his horses. Pelops then killed Myrtilus ... died, he cursed Pelops. This was the source of the curse that haunted future generation of Hippodamia s and Pelops children, including Atreus , Thyestes , Agamemnon , Aegisthus , Menelaus and Orestes mythology Orestes . Abduction During the wedding of Hippodamia and Pelops , the barbaric centaurs ... more details
signifies him as a wine man. Courtship of Hippodamia Pelops wanted to marry Hippodamia. King Oenomaus ... their heads to the wooden columns of his palace. ref The story of Pelops chariot race is told by Nestor .... Pelops came to ask for her hand and prepared to race Oenomaus. Worried about losing, Pelops went to the seaside ... in Karl Kerenyi, The Heroes of the Greeks , 1959 64 . ref Pelops and Hippodamia, very much in love ... up to Pelops and readying to kill him, the wheels flew off and the chariot broke apart. Oenomaus charioteer ... he cursed Myrtilus. Pelops then killed Myrtilus by throwing him off a cliff into the sea after the latter ... the Olympic Games were in celebration of Pelops victory . As Myrtilus died, he cursed Pelops. This was the source of the curse that haunted future generation of Pelops children, including Atreus ... Imagines, I.30 Pelops 170 245 CE Philostratus the Younger , Imagines, 9 Pelops ca. 200 245 CE First ... more details
Axioche was a nymph in Greek mythology . She was the mother of Chrysippus mythology Chrysippus by Pelops . ref Scholia on Euripides , Orestes , 4 on Pindar , Olympian Ode, 1. 144 ref Elsewhere she is referred to as Danais . ref Pseudo Plutarch , Greek and Roman Parallel Stories , 33 ref References reflist Category Nymphs Category Greek mythology Greek deity stub de Axioche it Astioche pl Aksjoche ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 For the current name of Pelopion, see Pelopio , a town west of Olympia, Greece Ancient Olympia in Greece The Pelopion was a structure at the ancient site of Olympia, Greece . It was the alleged tomb of Pelops a figure in Greek mythology . It was a monument surrounded by a pentagonal structure. Category Ancient Greek buildings and structures Category Ancient Olympia Architecture stub ... more details
Lykourgos , became Eurypontid List of Kings of Sparta joint king of History of Sparta Sparta in 219 BCE when the Spartan monarchy was restored, two years after the Battle of Sellasia defeat of Sellasia . Polybios claims that Lykourgos bribed each of the Ephors a talent in order for his claim to be accepted however Lazenby suggests this is likely to be simply hostile propaganda ref The Spartan Army J. F. Lazenby p173 ref . He died in 211 210 BCE and was succeeded by his infant son Pelops Sparta Pelops . ref The Spartan Army J. F. Lazenby p173 ref Notes references Kings of Sparta Category Rulers of Sparta Category 210s BC deaths Category 3rd century BC Greek people ca Licurg d Esparta es Licurgo rey eu Likurgo erregea hu L kurgosz sp rtai kir ly nl Lycurgus van Sparta ja pt Licurgo tirano de Esparta ru sk Lykourgos kr Sparty ... more details
Orphan date March 2011 Mathew Grove Floruit fl. 1587 , was a poet. Grove is known only as the author of the very rare volume entitled The most famous and tragicall historie of Pelops and Hippodamia . Whereunto are adioyned sundrie pleasant deuises, epigrams, songes, and sonnettes. Written by Mathewe Groue. Imprinted at London by Abel Ieffs . . . 1587. There are dedications in verse by Richard Smith, the publisher, who confesses to knowing nothing of the author, and in prose by the author, both addressed to Sir Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton , father of William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton . The story of Pelops and Hippodamia is told in ballad metre. There follow many short pieces, chiefly dealing with a lover s joys and pains, and a few epigrams on moral subjects. There are some jesting verses entitled A perfect tricke to kill little blacke flees in one s chamber. Only one copy of the volume is known it is in the library of the Earl of Ellesmere. Dr. Grosart reprinted it in his Occasional Issues in 1878. In 1638 Henry Gosson published a work by one Mathew Grove, entitled Witty Proverbs, Pithy Sentences, and wise similes collected out of the Golden volumes of divers learned and grave philosophers, London, 8vo ref Hazlitt, Handbook, p. 246 ref . Mr. Hazlitt is of opinion that this author is to be distinguished from the writer of Pelops. References reflist DNB wstitle Grove, Mathew Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Grove, Mathew ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Poet DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Grove, Mathew Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category People of the Tudor period Category 16th century English people Category 16th century poets Category English poets ... more details
In Greek mythology , Copreus was King Eurystheus herald. He announced Heracles Twelve Labors. Copreus was said to be a son of Pelops and Hippodameia . He was a fugitive from Elis where he had killed a man called Iphitus , but Eurystheus purified him of the murder. ref He sent his commands for the labours through a herald, Copreus, son of Pelops the Eleian. This Copreus had killed Iphitus and fled to Mycenae, where he was purified by Eurystheus and took up his abode. Pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheke 2.5.1 . ref He had a son named Periphetes , who features briefly in the Iliad as a well loved warrior speared by Hector ref Iliad 15.638. ref or killed by Teucer . ref Teucer also killed Prothoon and Periphetes. Iliad 14.515 . ref By contrast, Copreus is disparaged by Homer blockquote So of a sire much baser an excellent son was begotten br better in prowess of every sort, on his feet and in battle ref Iliad 15.641f. ref blockquote His name is usually translated as dung man , or something equally unflattering. However, the name Copreus may originally have had more positive connotations, meaning grazier or man of the land , and been associated with the ownership of cattle rather than just their dung . Notes reflist 2 Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology cs Kopreus el fr Copr e ru fi Kopreus ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Numisianus , lang el 2nd century an eminent Ancient Greek medicine Greek physician at Corinth , whose lectures Galen attended c. 150, having gone to Corinth for that very reason. ref name galen1 Galen, de Anat. Admin. i. 1, vol. ii. p. 217 ref He was, according to Galen, ref name galen1 the most celebrated of all the pupils of Quintus physician Quintus , and one of the tutors to Pelops physician Pelops , ref Galen, Comment. in Hippocr. De Nat. Hom. , ii. 6, vol. xv. p. 136 ref and distinguished himself especially by his anatomical knowledge. He wrote a commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates , ref Galen, Comment. in Hippocr. De Humor. , i. 24, vol. xvi. p. 197 Comment. in Hippocr. Aphor. , iv. 69, v. 44, vol. xvii. pt. ii. pp. 751, 837 ref which appears to have been well thought of in Galen s time. Notes reflist SmithDGRBM Category 2nd century Greek people Category Ancient Greek physicians ca Numisi hu Numeszianosz ... more details
Argeus lang grc , the hunter can refer to Greek mythology Argeus king of Argos Argeus, a surname of Pan mythology and Aristaeus Argeus, one of the sons in a rare version of the myth of Phineus and Dana , the other being Argus Argeus, son of Deiphontes and Hyrnetho Argeus, one of the Niobids Argeus, son of Licymnius , brother of Melas Argeus, son of Pelops and Hippodamia, by Hegesandra father of Alector and Boethoos Religion Argeus, Roman Catholic martyr with a feast of January 2 see Narcissus, Argeus, and Marcellinus Places It is the old name of Mount Erciyes in Kayseri, Turkey See also Agreus , one of the Panes disambig pl Argeus ... more details
Callipolis is the Latinized form of Kallipolis , which is Greek language Greek for beautiful city , from kallos beauty and polis city . It was the name of several ancient cities, notably Kallipolis in Caria Kallipolis, a Hellespont port on the Thracian Chersonesus , the modern Gallipoli Callipolis in Calabria , southern Italy, a port on a peninsula into the Tarentine Gulf, which was granted by the Roman republic the status of Socii Kallipolis is also the word Plato uses for his utopia in his dialogue Republic Plato The Republic . In Greek mythology, Callipolis was a son of Alcathous, son of Pelops Sources and references Westermann, Gro er Atlas zur Weltgeschichte in German disambig Category Utopias ca Cal l polis el es Callipolis ... more details
Hippodamia , Hippodameia , or Hippodameia may refer to Female characters from classical mythology Hippodamia , daughter of Oenomaus and wife of Pelops Hippodameia, a.k.a. Briseis Hippodameia, wife of Alcathous the son of Aesyetes and daughter of Anchises Hippodamia wife of Pirithous , daughter of Atrax or Butes Hippodamia, name shared by two of the Danaids , one of whom married and killed Istrus, and the other Diocorystes Hippodamia, wife of Autonous , mother of Erodius, Schoenoeus, Anthus mythology Anthus , Acanthus and Acanthis mythology Acanthis Hippodamia, possible name for the mother of Guneus by Ocytus Hippodamia, one of the would be sacrificial victims of Minotaur Hippodamia genus Hippodamia genus , the common North American ladybug 692 Hippodamia , asteroid disambig Category Given names de Hippodameia el fr Hippodamie it Ippodamia pl Hippodameja ru sk Hippodameia ... more details
In Greek mythology , Anaxo lang grc , is a name that may refer to Anaxo, daughter of Alcaeus mythology Alcaeus and Astydameia , herself daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia . She married Electryon , king of Mycenae , and her father s brother, being the son of Perseus and Andromeda mythology Andromeda . Her children were Alcmena , Stratobates, Gorgophonus, Phylonomus, Celaeneus, Amphimachus , Lysinomus, Cheirimachus, Anactor, and Archelaus . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus2.html 2.4.5 And he had sons by Andromeda before he came to Greece he had Perses, whom he left behind with Cepheus and from him it is said that the kings of Persia are descended and in Mycenae he had Alcaeus and Sthenelus and Heleus and Mestor and Electryon,64 and a daughter Gorgophone, whom Perieres married. Alcaeus had a son Amphitryon and a daughter Anaxo by Astydamia, daughter of Pelops but some say he had them by Laonome, daughter of Guneus , others that he had them by Hipponome, daughter of Menoeceus and Mestor had Hippothoe by Lysidice, daughter of Pelops. This Hippothoe was carried off by Poseidon, who brought her to the Echinadian Islands, and there had intercourse with her, and begat Taphius, who colonized Taphos and called the people Teleboans, because he had gone far from his native land. And Taphius had a son Pterelaus, whom Poseidon made immortal by implanting a golden hair in his head. And to Pterelaus were born sons, to wit, Chromius, Tyrannus, Antiochus, Chersidamas, Mestor, and Eueres. Electryon married Anaxo, daughter of Alcaeus, and begat a daughter Alcmena, and sons, to wit, Stratobates, Gorgophonus, Phylonomus, Celaeneus, Amphimachus, Lysinomus, Chirimachus, Anactor, and Archelaus and after these he had also a bastard son, Licymnius , by a Phrygian woman Mideia Midea . Sthenelus had daughters, Alcyone and Medusa, by Nicippe, daughter of Pelops and he had afterwards a son Eurystheus, ... more details
Chrysippus lang el was the name of several Greek people Mythical Chrysippus mythology , illegitimate son of Pelops abducted by Laius Chrysippus, a son of Aegyptus killed by the Danaid Chrysippe Chrysippus, a son of Aeolus Son of Hippotes Aeolus Chrysippus, eponymous founder of Chrysippa in Cilicia Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Historical Chrysippus of Soli c.280 c.207 BC Stoic philosopher Chrysippus of Cnidos 4th century BC Greek physician Chrysippus of Tyana , Greek writer on gastronomy Chrysippus of Cappadocia 5th century AD Greek religious writer See also Chrysippe Danaus chrysippus , a species of butterfly Disambig br C hrisippos ca Crisip cs Chrysippus it Crisippo ... more details
In Greek mythology, the name Evaechme , Euaechme or Euaichme lang grc may refer to Daughter of Megareus of Onchestus Megareus and Iphinoe mythology Iphinoe , second wife of Alcathous, son of Pelops . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 1. 43. 4 ref Daughter of Hyllus and Iole , wife of Polycaon , the son of the Argonauts Argonaut Butes . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 4. 2. 1 with a reference to the Megalai Ehoiai ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category Heracleidae Greek myth stub sr ... more details
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