person
Pelops
Ancestor of the house of Atreus, lord of Mycenae; 'savage Pelops' marks the cursed line the captives dread to serve.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §1 house of Pelops
Pelops, son of Tantalus, founder of the cursed Mycenaean line of Atreus and Thyestes.
- Thyestes §1 house of Pelops
Pelops, son of Tantalus, won his bride by the treacherous chariot-race against Oenomaus and the murder of Myrtilus; his line (Atreus and Thyestes) is cursed.
- The Trojan Women §883 Pelops
Ancestor of the house of Atreus, lord of Mycenae; 'savage Pelops' marks the cursed line.