Editing Pelops (section)

{{Short description|Mythical character}}
{{other uses|Pelops (Sparta)|Pelops (mythology)}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Greek
| image = Pelops cropped.svg
| siblings = {{ubl|[[Niobe]]|[[Broteas]]}}
| name = Pelops
| offspring = [[Atreus]], [[Thyestes]], [[Nicippe]], [[Pittheus]], [[Chrysippus of Elis|Chrysippus]], and [[#Genealogy|others]]
| consort = {{ubl|[[Hippodamia (daughter of Oenomaus)|Hippodamia]]|[[Axioche]]}}
| abode = [[Pisa, Greece|Pisa]]
| deity_of = King of [[Pisa, Greece|Pisa]]
| parents = [[Tantalus]] and [[Dione (mythology)#Nymph or sea-nymph|Dione]]
}}
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Pelops''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|iː|l|ɒ|p|s|,_|ˈ|p|ɛ|l|ɒ|p|s}}; {{Langx|grc|Πέλοψ|Pélops}}) was king of [[Pisa (Greece)|Pisa]] in the [[Peloponnesus]] region ({{lang|grc|Πελοπόννησος}}, <small>lit.</small> "Pelops' Island"). He was the son of [[Tantalus]] and the father of [[Atreus]].

He was venerated at [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]], where his cult developed into the [[founding myth]] of the [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]], the most important expression of unity, not only for the people of Peloponnesus, but for all [[Hellenes]]. At the sanctuary at Olympia, [[chthonic]] night-time libations were offered each time to "dark-faced" Pelops in his sacrificial pit (''[[bothros]]'') before they were offered in the following daylight to the sky-god Zeus (Burkert 1983:96).