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Pelops

American

[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.

Pelops British

/ 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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So Milton: Scorpion and asp, and amphisbaena dire, Cerastes horn'd, hydrus and elops drear, And dipsas.

From Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete by Cary, Henry Francis

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