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Pelops

[ pee-lops, pel-ops ]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him.


Pelops

/ ˈpiːlɒps /

noun

  1. Greek myth the son of Tantalus, who as a child was killed by his father and served up as a meal for the gods
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

For Pelops’ winning the chariot race I have preferred Apollodorus, of the first or second century A.D., who gives the fullest account that has come down to us.

He had his only son Pelops killed, boiled in a great cauldron, and served to the gods.

His son Pelops was restored to life by the gods, but they had to fashion a shoulder for him out of ivory.

However that might be, the rest of Pelops’ life was successful.

Either she fell in love with Pelops or she felt the time had come to put a stop to that sort of racing.

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