Pelops
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Pelops
(Greek mythology) A Greek mythological figure, the son of Tantalus, and king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus.
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For the Greeks, Tantalus was a primordial ruler of mythic Lydia, and Niobe his proud daughter; her husband Amphion associated Lydia with Thebes in Greece, and through Pelops the line of Tantalus was part of the founding myths of Mycenae 's second dynasty.
David A. Campbell, Greek Lyric Poetry, Bristol Classical Press (1982), pp. 286, 289 Hither now to me from your isle of Pelops, You powerful children of Zeus and Leda, Showing youselves kindly by nature, Castor And Polydeuces!
Some sources mention that Cassandra and Agamemnon had twin boys, Teledamus and Pelops, both of whom were killed by Aegisthus.