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.

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Examples 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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