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Pelops

Pelops proper noun: a Greek mythological figure, the son of Tantalus, and king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus.

Proper noun

Pelops

  1. (Greek) A Greek mythological figure, the son of Tantalus, and king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus.
    • His messenger, Argicides, to Pelops, skill'd in horse; / Pelops to Atreus, chief of men; he dying, gave it course[1611?], Homer, “Book II”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new...

Origin of Pelops

From Ancient Greek Πέλοψ (Pélops, “dark face, eye”).

Words formed from Pelops

Questions about Pelops

What does Pelops mean?
Pelops means a Greek mythological figure, the son of Tantalus, and king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus.
What part of speech is Pelops?
Pelops is a proper noun.

Words near Pelops in the dictionary

  1. pelopium
  2. Peloponnese
  3. Peloponnesian
  4. Peloponnesians
  5. Peloponnesus
  6. Pelops
  7. pelopsia
  8. Peloquin
  9. Peloquins
  10. peloria
  11. pelorian

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