Definition: Pelops was the son of Tantalus and Atlas' daughter Dione. When Pelops was a child, his father slew and fed him to the gods.
When the gods restored Pelops to like there was a chunk missing at his shoulder where Demeter had eaten a bite. She replaced the missing shoulder with a piece of ivory.
Pelops was one of the suitors of Hippodamia, daughter of King Oenomaus of Pisa. All suitors were required to submit to a fatal race with the king. Pelops persuaded Myrtilus/(Myrtilos), the charioteer of the king, to remove Oenomaus' chariot's lynchpins. By means of this trick, Pelops won the race and the bride.
