Pelops
Greek · quartigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Quartigod (¼ divine, via the demigod Tantalus). Lydian/Phrygian prince butchered and served to the gods by his father, then restored with an ivory shoulder; beloved of Poseidon, who gave him a golden winged chariot. With it — and the bribed charioteer Myrtilus — he won Hippodamia in Oenomaus's deadly bride-race, then drowned Myrtilus, whose curse seeds the doom of the Atreidae. King of Pisa and eponym of the Peloponnese; founding hero of Olympia, his bones kept in the Pelopion. Father of Atreus and Thyestes.
Parentage
- paternal: Tantalus
Children
Domains
- kingship
- chariotry
- athletic games
Powers
- Mastery of the chariot
Relations
- spouse: HippodamiaPind. Ol. 1.67-88; Apollod. Epit. 2.4-9 (primary)
- father of: AtreusApollod. Epit. 2.10; Hom. Il. 2.104-105 (primary)
- father of: ThyestesApollod. Epit. 2.10 (primary)
- father of: Anaxibia daughter of AtreusGenealogy-variant edge; primary parentage of Anaxibia is via Atreus in this batch.Variant making Anaxibia a daughter of Pelops; the dominant tradition (Apollod.) makes her daughter of Atreus — see her entry. (secondary)