A Manual of Classical Mythology Or a Companion to the Greek And Latin Poets D
A Manual of Classical Mythology Or a Companion to the Greek And Latin Poets D
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) to QEnomaus, king of Pisa in Ehs, by whom he was hospitably received. Here he became enamoured of his daughter, the beautiful Hippo- damia ; but unfortunately it had been predicted by an oracle that GEnomaus should perish by the hands of his son-in-law. He had therefore hit upon an expedient to rid himself from * Oo. Met. Iv. 458. Some also represent a stone as threat- ening every moment to fall upon him. Cic, Tusc. Q. Iv. 16 ; Lucre*, iii. 993. PELOPS. 215 troublesome suitors. Being well ski...lled in the art of chariot- driving, he refused to marry his daughter except to him who could overcome him in a chariot -race ; and death at- tended a defeat. Hence the poet terms him — • " Pisaeus socer metuendus habenis. " in reference to his skill and the punishment which awaited defeat. Thirteen had already lost their lives when Pelops arrived in Greece and entered the hsts as a competitor in the cha- riot-race {Ue\o\l/ TrX^i^nnroQ, Horn. II. Ii. 104). Pelops bribed Myrtilus, the charioteer, by alluring promises, to give his skilful antagonist such a chariot as would break down in the course.
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) to QEnomaus, king of Pisa in Ehs, by whom he was hospitably received. Here he became enamoured of his daughter, the beautiful Hippo- damia ; but unfortunately it had been predicted by an oracle that GEnomaus should perish by the hands of his son-in-law. He had therefore hit upon an expedient to rid himself from * Oo. Met. Iv. 458. Some also represent a stone as threat- ening every moment to fall upon him. Cic, Tusc. Q. Iv. 16 ; Lucre*, iii. 993. PELOPS. 215 troublesome suitors. Being well ski...lled in the art of chariot- driving, he refused to marry his daughter except to him who could overcome him in a chariot -race ; and death at- tended a defeat. Hence the poet terms him — • " Pisaeus socer metuendus habenis. " in reference to his skill and the punishment which awaited defeat. Thirteen had already lost their lives when Pelops arrived in Greece and entered the hsts as a competitor in the cha- riot-race {Ue\o\l/ TrX^i^nnroQ, Horn. II. Ii. 104). Pelops bribed Myrtilus, the charioteer, by alluring promises, to give his skilful antagonist such a chariot as would break down in the course.
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