Pelops
deity Greek corroborated · 2
Pelops was the son of Tantalus and ancestor of Agamemnon. He was cursed by Myrtilus, whom he had murdered. Agamemnon's family history had been tarnished by murder, incest, and treachery, consequences of the heinous crime perpetrated by his ancestor, Tantalus, and then of a curse placed upon Pelops.
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Achaeus, Xuthus, Hellen, Hyperborean Apollo, Zeus Panhellenius, Zeus, Poseidon, Aeolus, Aeacus
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Agamemnon was a descendant of Pelops, son of Tantalus. According to the common story (as told in the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer), Agamemnon and his younger brother Menelaus were the sons of Atreus”
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“The leaders of the Achaean invasion were Pelops, who took possession of Elis”
#43651 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free