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	Olympia - Pathways to Ancient Myth
		The east pediment of the temple of Zeus depicts the myth of the chariot race of Pelops, held at Olympia.
		Oinomaos, with no heir, was presented with a gloomy oracle, fortelling that the husband of Hippodameia would kill him.
		To the right of Zeus is Oinomaos, looking confident and proud, then his wife Sterope, then a groom of the horses, then the chariot and horses of Oinomaos, then another figure, possibly Myrtilos, then another soothsayer, and finally, the personification of the river Alpheios.
	www.calvin.edu /academic/clas/pathways/olympia/oalt4.htm (335 words)

	Νέα σελίδα 1
		Oinomaos was king of Elis, and Pisa in western Peloponnese was its capital (not to be confused with Piza in Italy, the site of the ‘leaning-tower’).
		At his sides are the opposed couples (Oinomaos and wife Sterope, and Pelops and Hippodameia) flanked by their horses.
		Oinomaos would spear the driver, bury his body next to Olympia's hippodrome, and hang the head of his unfortunate victim above the palace gateway.
	www.musesnet.gr /~antikas/chapter1.htm (1369 words)

	V107 Pelops and Hippodameia
		The twisted handles are stylized ropes and the wider body is an example of the later trend to larger vases.
		The scene shows the prince Pelops riding to victory in a race to win the hand of the daughter of King Oinomaos.
		His victory is symbolized by the winner’s wreath he wears.
	www.artfromgreece.com /stories/v107.html (177 words)

	Olympica Historika (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		At his sides are the opposed couples (Oinomaos and wife Sterope, and Pelops and Hippodameia) flanked by their horses.
		Oinomaos was king of Elis, and Pisa in western Peloponnese was its capital (not to be confused with Piza in Italy, the site of the ‘leaning-tower’).
		In this version of the myth Pelops is able to achieve a fraudulent victory by bribing Myrtilos because he knows that the young man has been passionately in love with the beautiful princess, but is afraid to challenge her father and master.
	theantikas.org /c1.html (1719 words)

	Course Assignments
		Oinomaos had devised this contest in response to an oracle which informed him that he would die at the hand of the man who would marry his daughter; however, since his horses were divine, he was assured of his own victory, and had already defeated a number of unfortunate suitors.
		In the most common version of the story, Pelops bribes Oinomaos’ charioteer Myrtilus to insert wax linchpins in his chariot; in the heat of the race, the wax melted, and Oinomaos was thrown to his death.
		The seer situated behind Oinomaos’ chariot also foresees the outcome of the race and holds his hand to his mouth in horror (figure 8), and in this way, serves to parallel the viewer, who would also be aware of the ramifications of this race.
	comp.uark.edu /~lkday/olympia.html (4116 words)

	Olympia Museum
		It was a fight to the death since Oinomaos, informed by an oracle that he would be killed by his daughter's husband, would only give her in marriage to the man who, granted a head start, succeeded in outriding his own unbeaten horses, a gift from his natural father Ares.
		Oinomaos was defeated; Pelops married Hippodameia and their offspring were the first of the Pelopid dynasty from which the entire peninsula, until then called Apia, took the name Peloponnese, the isle of Pelops.
		To balance this, Sterope, wife of Oinomaos, stands by his side, her peplos loosely draped and hands crossed on her breast, the left perhaps straying towards her chin, betraying the anxiety welling up inside her.
	ah.phpwebhosting.com /a/OUTofBFLO/greece/olympia/mus/index.html (2597 words)

	Ancient Olympics
		Pelops was a prince from Lydia in Asia Minor who sought the hand of Hippodamia, the daughter of King Oinomaos of Pisa.
		Oinomaos challenged his daughter's suitors to a chariot race under the guarantee that any young man who won the chariot race could have Hippodamia as a wife.
		When Oinomaos was about to pass Pelops in the chariot race, the wax melted and Oinomaos was thrown to his death.
	killeenroos.com /1/olympics.htm (1712 words)

	ZEUGMA Tarihçesi
		The king dit not want his daughter to marry (legend has it that he loved her himself, and others that he would be killed by the son of his daughter).
		Oinomaos was challenged for many years, in that time he defeated and killed 13 suitors.
		The sculpture on the east pediment depicts the chariot race between Oinomaos and Pelops, with Zeus in the center.
	www.zeugmaweb.com /zeugma/english/dictionary-o.htm (2383 words)

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		King Oinomaos did not want his daughter Hippodamia to marry (legend has it that he loved her himself, or an oracle had said that he would be killed by the son of his daughter).
		His daughter Hippodamia was sure she would be a spinster for the rest of her life, but the next suitor was the hero Pelops.
		King Oinomaos, confident he would win, raced off at great speed, but at the first turn the linch-pins sprang free, letting both wheels fall from the axle.
	www.arlt.co.uk /myrtoum.html (205 words)

	ARCL2001: Lecture 14
		The moment depicted is that preceding the fateful chariot race of Pelops, grandson of Zeus, and of Oinomaos, king of Pisa: a race which would lead to the death of Oinomaos.
		To either side stands the beardless Pelops and the older bearded figure of Oinomaos: Oinomaos is accompanied by his wife, Sterope, and Pelops by his victory prize and bride-to-be, Hippodameia, the daughter of Oinomaos.
		Beyond Oinomaos' chariot is seated an elderly man, his age indicated by his flabby torso and balding head.
	teaching.arts.usyd.edu.au /archaeology/arcl2001/lecture_14.htm (1581 words)

	Euripides: Oinomaos (Fragment)
		Pelops aber besticht vor dem Rennen Oinomaos’ Wagenlenker Myrtilos, der den Wagen präpariert.
		Beim Rennen bricht der Wagen und Oinomaos kommt zu Tode.
		Pelops heiratet Hippodameia und folgt Oinomaos auf den Thron.
	www.stefan.cc /books/antike/oinomaos.html (177 words)

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