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	Goddess Worship in Ancient Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		According to myth, king Oinomaus, ruler of Pisa in Greece, attempted to maintain his power by preventing his daughter, Hippodameia, from marrying.
		He married Hippodameia and instituted chariot racing at the Olympic games.
		Hippodameia originally celebrated the Heraia with a group of sixteen women.
	www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~clit387/Worship.html (10989 words)

	Centaur - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		His followers, like Adriaen de Vries and Pietro Tacca, continued to make countless repetitions of the subject.
		When Belleuse tackled the same play of forms in the 19th century, (illustration right) he titled it Abduction of Hippodameia.
		In early Attic vase-paintings centaurs were represented as human beings in front, with the body and hind legs of a horse attached to the back; later, they were men only as far as the waist.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/c/e/n/Centaur.html (946 words)

	Ancient Olympic Games Encyclopedia Article @ BareHands.com (Bare Hands) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It originally consisted of foot races only, as did the men's competition.
		AD 175, state that Hippodameia gathered a group known as the "Sixteen Women" and made them administrators of the Heraea Games, out of gratitude for her marriage to Pelops.
		Other texts indicate that the "Sixteen Women" were peace-makers from Pisa and Elis and, because of their political competence, became administrators of the Heraea Games.
	www.barehands.com /encyclopedia/Ancient_Olympic_Games (990 words)

	Poseidon/ Neptune: myths attributes, loves; also the science & astrology of the planet Neptune
		After surviving his father's plots, the exquisite Pelops became Poseidon's cupbearer and lover.
		When the youth later fell in love with the Princess Hippodameia and had to race against her father to win her, it was the loyal Poseidon who helped him defeat the king by providing him with a team of winged, immortal horses and a magical chariot.
		From Carlos Parada comes a comprehensive, well-illustrated site organized into logical charts which are dense with hypertext.
	www.mythinglinks.org /euro~west~greece~Poseidon.html (5629 words)

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