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	Myrtilus
		In Greek mythology, Myrtilus was a divine hero, a son of Hermes on Theobula, and charioteer of King Oenomaus of Pisa in Elis, on the northwest coast of the Peloponnesus.
		On the eve of the fateful horse race that would decide the marriage between Pelops and Hippodameia, Myrtilus was approached by Pelops (or alternatively, by Hippodameia) who wanted him to hinder the efforts of his master, Oenamaus, to win the race.
		Myrtilus, who loved Hippodamia himself but was too afraid to ask her hand of her father, agreed and sabotaged the king's chariot by replacing the bronze lynchpins with fake ones made of bees' wax.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/my/myrtilus.html (218 words)

	Pelopides, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		And they add that because Myrtilus himself was in love with her and wished to gratify her, he did not insert the linchpins in the boxes of the wheels.
		In any case, Myrtilus let himself be transformed into a saboteur, and thus he got Pelops 1 a stolen victory: The king lost the race, being entangled in the reins and dragged to death, or as some say, he was killed by Pelops 1.
		In any case, this was the end of Myrtilus; but before dying he uttered terrible curses against the house of Pelops 1, whose descendants—particularly Atreus, Thyestes 1, Agamemnon, Aegisthus, and Orestes 2 —took good care to fulfil with their follies.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Pelopides.html (2356 words)

	Arachne by Georg Ebers: Chapter X.
		Neither Bias nor Myrtilus had ever been allowed to remain on shore; but, on the whole, the slave protested, Myrtilus's health, thanks to the pure sea air on the Hydra, had improved, in spite of the longing which often assailed him, and the great excitements to which he was sometimes exposed.
		Myrtilus, who, in spite of his feeble health, by no means lacked courage, found it especially hard to bear that during the conflicts he was locked up with Bias, but even Ledscha could neither prevent nor restrict these measures.
		Myrtilus was awaiting his return in a city prospering under a rich and wise regent, and sent whole cargoes of affectionate remembrances.
	www.online-literature.com /georg-ebers/arachne/27 (1871 words)

	Paper 1 Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Myrtilus consequently removed the linchpins from the wheels of Oenomaus' chariot.
		This caused the wheels to fall off at a crucial moment in the race; Oenomaus was tangled in the reins and dragged to his death (although, according to some accounts, he was finished off by Pelops).
		As he died, aware of Myrtilus' trick, he hurled a curse at him, with the hope that Pelops would destroy him.
	www.uark.edu /campus-resources/achilles/library/paper1.html (476 words)

	Pelops 1, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		Wishing to marry this princess, Pelops 1 came to the residence of Oenomaus 1 asking for the hand of Hippodamia 3, but when he saw the nailed heads of his predecessors Pelops 1 regretted having come, for the king's horses were known to be swifter than the wind.
		And either because Myrtilus, son of Hermes, expected to rule over half of the kingdom, or because he was himself in love with Hippodamia 3, he did not insert the linchpins in the boxes of the wheels of his master's chariot.
		Having been purified by Hephaestus for the murder of Myrtilus, Pelops 1 returned to Pisa, took also possession of Olympia, and in time expanded his kingdom to what was formerly called Apia and Pelasgiotis, calling it Peloponnesus after himself.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Pelops1.html (2074 words)

	Pelops
		However Pelops (or Hippodameia in some accounts) persuaded Oenomaus' charioteer, Myrtilus, to remove the linchpins from the king's chariot; Oenomaus was thrown from the vehicle, became entangled in the reins, and was dragged to his death.
		Pelops then killed Myrtilus by throwing him into the sea, either because he had tried to rape Hippodameia or because Pelops resented sharing the credit for success in the chariot race.
		Myrtilus, as he was dying, cursed the house of Pelops, and this curse blighted the lives of Pelops' sons (Atreus and Thyestes), and his grandsons (Agamemnon and Aegisthus).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/p/pelops.html (295 words)

	Arachne — Volume 08 eBook
		The ships which conveyed travellers to Pergamus, where Myrtilus was living, touched at this port, and Bias, to whom Hermon had confided the refuge of the father and daughter, had sought them there, and found them in a beautiful villa.
		As for Myrtilus, he had cast anchor with Ledscha in the little Mysian seaport town of Pitane, near the mouth of the Caicus River, on which, farther inland, was the rapidly growing city of Pergamus.
		Myrtilus had availed himself of Ledscha’s permission long before and gone to Pergamus, where he had lived and worked in secrecy until, after the freedman’s return from Ledscha, who at once left Pitane with the Gaul, he was released from his oath.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/5515/2.html (496 words)

	House of Pelops
		The earliest mention of Myrtilus' treachery is found in Pherecydes in the 5th century BC.
		Myrtilus was the son of Hermes, so fearing reprisal from the god, Pelops set out to appease Hermes, by instituting the god's worship in the Peloponnese.
		It was said that Myrtilus' ghost frequently spooked the horses at the races during the Olympic Games.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/pelops.html (4035 words)

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		Myrtilus secretly thought that Hermon's departure would be desirable, because the slave Bias had confided to him what dangers threatened his friend from the incensed Biamite husbands.
		Perhaps Myrtilus had succumbed to the terrible attack which must have visited him in such a storm, and life without his friend would be bereft of half its charm.
		"Myrtilus!" he shouted at the top of his voice as he leaped across the threshold into the tumult which filled the spacious apartment, at the same time clashing the heavy iron anchor down upon the head of the broad- shouldered, half-naked fellow who was raising a clumsy lance against him.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/etext04/ge72v10.txt (13563 words)

	Georg Ebers : Arachne : Chapter XVII.
		"Myrtilus!" he shouted at the top of his voice as he leaped across the threshold into the tumult which filled the spacious apartment, at the same time clashing the heavy iron anchor down upon the head of the broad-shouldered, half-naked fellow who was raising a clumsy lance against him.
		The pirate fell as though struck by lightning, and he again shouted "Myrtilus!" into the big room, so familiar to him, where the conflict was raging chaotically amid a savage clamour, and the smoke did not allow him to distinguish a single individual.
		Then the name "Myrtilus!" once more escaped his lips; this time, however, it did not sound like the encouraging shout of an avenging hero, but the cry for aid of one succumbing to defeat, and it was soon followed by a succession of frantic outbursts of suffering, terror, and despair.
	www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid.1/bookid.2477/sec.17 (2935 words)

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		Myrtilus will add this prize to the others, and grant me with all his heart the one for the Arachne.
		In the figure created by Myrtilus, supernatural dignity blended with the utmost womanly charm; in his, a pleasing head rested upon a body in whose formation he had used various models without striving to accomplish anything except to depart as far as possible from established custom, with which he was at variance.
		Myrtilus was standing before his Demeter, scanning it intently with his keen artist eyes.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext04/ge70v10.txt (12748 words)

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		Myrtilus felt stronger than he had done for a long time, and had sent him back to the blind friend who would need him more than he did.
		Myrtilus had told the heir to the throne of Pergamus of his richly gifted blind relative, and of the peculiarity of his art, and Eumenes eagerly endeavoured to induce his beloved guest to persuade his friend to remove to his capital, where there was no lack of distinguished leeches.
		The assault upon the houses of Archias and Myrtilus was a proof of this, for the latter was still believed to be Hermon's property.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/etext04/ge76v10.txt (16408 words)

	Poseidon and Pelops - a Gay Shamanic Tale in Greek Mythology
		He had no fear of losing: His mares were the fastest in all of Greece, divine horses given to him by his father, Ares, the god of war, and his charioteer, Myrtilus, was a son of Hermes and a horseman without compare.
		But he no longer had any need of Myrtilus and murdered him before the bargain could be fulfilled.
		Pelops and Hippodameia had many children, and Pelops fathered yet another with the nymph Astyoche, a bastard son named Chrysippus, but the curse of Myrtilus was upon all their heads and Hermes saw to it that it would be accomplished.
	www.androphile.org /preview/Library/Mythology/Greek/Poseidon/Poseidon_and_Pelops.htm (950 words)

	Astronomy, Auriga The Charioteer
		To further ensure his victory, and with the collusion of Hippodameia, Pelops plotted with Myrtilus, Oenomaus' charioteer, to replace the lynchpins from the axles of the king's chariot with copies made of wax.
		Pelops promised that if the king lost the race, then the crafty charioteer would be given half the kingdom and the privilege of the bridal night with Hippodameia.
		At the climax of the race the wheels flew off Oenomaus' chariot and he was dragged to his death, uttering a curse on Myrtilus as he died.
	www.harvestfields.netfirms.com /astrology-zodiac/astronomy/auriga-the-charioteer.htm (331 words)

	Definition of myrtilus
		1: In [[Greek mythology]], '''Myrtilus''' was a divine hero, a son of [[Hermes]] on [[Th...
		Myrtilus was offered as bribe the privilege of the first n...
		Enraged, Pelops murdered Myrtilus by casting him into the sea off the east coast of...
	www.wordiq.com /search/myrtilus.html (190 words)

	Myrtilus at AllExperts
		His body was later recovered and brought in the temple of Hermes where it was honored with annual sacrifices.
		This was the source of the curse that haunted future generation of Pelops' children, including Atreus, Thyestes, Agamemnon, Aegisthus, Menelaus, Orestes and Chrysippus.
		Myrtilus and the marriage of Pelops and Hippodamia, read by Timothy Carter
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/my/myrtilus.htm (452 words)

	Auriga
		As Hippolytus drove off in his chariot, the horses drawing the chariot were thrown into a panic by the vision of a giant bull emerging from the sea.
		Others identify The Charioteer with Myrtilus, a son of Hermes and the chariot driver for King Oenomaus of Elis.
		Hermes memorialized his drowned son Myrtilus by putting the image of the Chariot Driver among the stars.
	domeofthesky.com /clicks/aur.html (507 words)

	Aeschylus' Oresteia Trilogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The origin of the curse on the family of Atreus is attributed, in mythology, to his father Pelops (after whom the Peloponnese was named).
		Pelops won his bride by cheating in a chariot race with the help of his charioteer Myrtilus, but after the victory he failed to reward the charioteer as promised, by letting him spend a night with the bride.
		Myrtilus cursed Pelops and his descendants as he fell, which led to all the misfortunes of the family.
	classics.uc.edu /hooker/cc110/oresteia.html (1633 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1132 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		121.) [E. E.] ^ MY'RTILUS (Mupn'Aos), a son of Hermes by Cleobule, or by Clytia (Hygin.
		MYRTILUS, L. MINU'CIUS, was handed over to the Carthaginians, because he had beaten the ambassadors of the latter, b.
		myrtilus.) [L. (Mvprco'), a daughter of one Aris- teides, was, according to some accounts, the first wife of Socrates.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2240.html (903 words)

	Star Tales – Auriga
		Myrtilus, who was himself secretly in love with Hippodamia, tampered with the pins holding the wheels on Oenomaus’s chariot.
		During the pursuit of Pelops, the wheels of the king’s chariot fell off and Oenomaus was thrown to his death.
		Pelops solved the awkward situation by unceremoniously casting Myrtilus into the sea, from where he cursed the house of Pelops as he drowned.
	www.ianridpath.com /startales/auriga.htm (765 words)

	Classical CD Reviews- Feb 1999 ZDENEK FIBICH Hippodamia Trilogy Music on the Web (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		When it becomes apparent that Myrtilus is in love with Hippodamia and had fixed the race and killed the king Pelops fights with Myrtilus and throws him over a cliff into the sea far below.
		Myrtilus returns having been thought to have been slain at the end of part I. Airopa, a hostage princess living in Pelops’; court, is the source of trouble among the three sons.
		Myrtilus meets Chryssipus and tells him of his father’s crime and the role played by Hippodamia.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /classrev/feb99/fibich.htm (1866 words)

	The Baldwin Project: Pyrrhus by Jacob Abbott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the course of the supper, he attempted to excite still more the ill-will which Myrtilus felt toward Pyrrhus; and finding that he appeared to succeed in doing this, he finally proposed to Myrtilus to espouse the cause of Neoptolemus, and join in a plot for poisoning Pyrrhus.
		Myrtilus appeared to receive these proposals with great favor; he readily promised to embark in the plot, and promised to fulfill the part assigned him in the execution of it.
		He accordingly directed Myrtilus to continue to pretend that he favored the plan, and to propose to Gelon to invite another cup-bearer, named Alexicrates, to join the plot.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=abbott&book=pyrrhus&story=macedon (4200 words)

	Myrtilus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In Greek mythology, Myrtilus was the charioteer and killer of King Oenomaus and a son of Hermes.
		Pelops (or alternatively, Hippodamia herself) convinced Myrtilus, Oenomaus' charioteer to remove the linchpins attacking the wheels to the chariot.
		Pelops had promised him of the kingdom of Pisa.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Myrtilus.html (169 words)

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		Oenomaus, the king of Elian Pisa and the father of Hippodamia, challenged each of his daughter's suitors to a chariot race for his daughter's hand: the victor would receive Hippodamia in marriage and become heir to the kingdom; the losers forfeited their life to the king.
		When the turn came to Pelops, the son of Tantalus, he made a bargain with Oenomaus' charioteer, Myrtilus: for throwing the race, Myrtilus could enjoy Hippodamia on her wedding night and receive half of the kingdom.
		As he lay dying, Myrtilus cursed Pelops and his descendents, a curse which ended with the murder of Pelops' grandson Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra, the sister of Helen.
	www.cngcoins.com /Coin.aspx?CoinID=65379 (222 words)

	Metropolitan Opera International Radio Broadcast Information Center - Opera Archive
		Myrtilus agreed, Oenomaus was killed during the race, and Pelops won Hippodamia's hand.
		Myrtilus tried to rape Hippodamia and the enraged Pelops threw him off a cliff.
		As Myrtilus fell to his death, he cursed Pelops and all his descendants.
	archive.operainfo.org /broadcast/operaBackground.cgi?id=10&language=1 (565 words)

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