Pelops
Pelops in Greek mythology, the son of Tantalus, brother of Niobe, and father of Atreus. He was killed by his father and served up as food to the gods, but only one shoulder was eaten, and he was restored to life with an ivory shoulder replacing the one that was missing.
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Greek/Roman
Pronunciation
HEK-tur
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Pronunciation
ag-uh-MEM-non
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Ovid's Metamorphoses, Hyginus's Fabulae
Lineage
Son of Atreus and Aerope,…
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