Pelops

Mortal man

In Greek mythology, Pelops (; Ancient Greek: Πέλοψ, romanized: Pélops) was king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus region (Πελοπόννησος, lit. "Pelops's Island"). He was the son of Tantalus and the father of Atreus.

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Pelops. Cratère avec décor d'Hippodamie, d'Œnomaos et Pélops
Cratère avec décor d'Hippodamie, d'Œnomaos et Pélops · ShonagonImage source CC0

Mentions in the Iliad

A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“ceasing from their clamour. Then among them lord Agamemnon uprose, bearing in his hands the sceptre which Hephaestus had wrought with toil. Hephaestus gave it to king Zeus, son of Cronos, and Zeus gave it to the messenger Argeïphontes; and Hermes, the lord, gave it to Pelops, driver of horses,”
Il. 2.100–104

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Son · Sources

Описание прямо называет Атрея сыном Пелопса; стихи 2.104–105 передают скипетр от Пелопса Атрею, подчёркивая родство.

ceasing from their clamour. Then among them lord Agamemnon uprose, bearing in his hands the sceptre which Hephaestus had wrought with toil. Hephaestus gave it to king Zeus, son of Cronos, and Zeus gave it to the messenger Argeïphontes; and Hermes, the lord, gave it to Pelops, driver of horses,and Pelops in turn gave it to Atreus, shepherd of the host; and Atreus at his death left it to Thyestes, rich in flocks, and Thyestes again left it to Agamemnon to bear, that so he might be lord of many isles and of all Argos. Thereon he leaned, and spake his word among the Argives:
Il. 2.104–105

Il. 2.104–105

Connection · Sources
Connection · Sources

Стих 2.105 прямо говорит, что Пелопс дал скипетр Атрею; устойчивое отношение передачи, тип other.

ceasing from their clamour. Then among them lord Agamemnon uprose, bearing in his hands the sceptre which Hephaestus had wrought with toil. Hephaestus gave it to king Zeus, son of Cronos, and Zeus gave it to the messenger Argeïphontes; and Hermes, the lord, gave it to Pelops, driver of horses,and Pelops in turn gave it to Atreus, shepherd of the host; and Atreus at his death left it to Thyestes, rich in flocks, and Thyestes again left it to Agamemnon to bear, that so he might be lord of many isles and of all Argos. Thereon he leaned, and spake his word among the Argives:
Il. 2.104–105

Il. 2.104–105

Son · Sources
Son · Sources

Илиада 2.104–106 даёт преемство скипетра; отцовство Пелопса прямо названо в сохранённом снимке английской Википедии.

ceasing from their clamour. Then among them lord Agamemnon uprose, bearing in his hands the sceptre which Hephaestus had wrought with toil. Hephaestus gave it to king Zeus, son of Cronos, and Zeus gave it to the messenger Argeïphontes; and Hermes, the lord, gave it to Pelops, driver of horses,and Pelops in turn gave it to Atreus, shepherd of the host; and Atreus at his death left it to Thyestes, rich in flocks, and Thyestes again left it to Agamemnon to bear, that so he might be lord of many isles and of all Argos. Thereon he leaned, and spake his word among the Argives:
Il. 2.104–106

Il. 2.104–106

Connection · Sources
Connection · Sources

Стихи 2.103–104 прямо называют передачу скипетра от Гермеса Пелопсу; устойчивое отношение передачи, тип other.

ceasing from their clamour. Then among them lord Agamemnon uprose, bearing in his hands the sceptre which Hephaestus had wrought with toil. Hephaestus gave it to king Zeus, son of Cronos, and Zeus gave it to the messenger Argeïphontes; and Hermes, the lord, gave it to Pelops, driver of horses,
Il. 2.103–104

Il. 2.103–104

In art

Cratère avec décor d'Hippodamie, d'Œnomaos et Pélops - Musée du Louvre AGER LL 41 ; N 2614 ; K 17. Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120450943

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Wikidata Q192485

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