Pelops

[ pee-lops, pel-ops ]

/ ˈpi lɒps, ˈpɛl ɒps /

noun

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.

Example sentences from the Web for pelops

Resurrected by the gods, Pelops has a son whom he names Atreus, and Atreus repeats the family curse.

Cheney Blood Lust |Lee Siegel |October 22, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Why, one that was held by right, handed down from Tantalus and Pelops.

De Officiis |Marcus Tullius Cicero
I also consider the vnfatherly part of Tantalus, who wyth the flesh of his owne sonne Pelops, feasted the Gods.

The Palace of Pleasure |William Painter
The gods restored Pelops to life, although he had been served up as a ragout, and Ceres had eaten one of his shoulders.

A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 9 (of 10) |Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

That admission was ill-judged: he ought to have denied that Pelops ever existed, and laughed at the blundering Greeks.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 |Various
The main one is the making of the ivory shoulder of Pelops after Demeter has eaten the shoulder of flesh.

Lectures on Art |John Ruskin

British Dictionary definitions for pelops

Pelops

/ (ˈpiːlɒps) /

noun

Greek myth the son of Tantalus, who as a child was killed by his father and served up as a meal for the gods

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