CLA204H1 Chapter : The Mycenaean Saga
Document Summary
Pelops was the son of tantalus, who came from asia minor as a suitor for the hand of hippodamia, daughter of the king of pisa, whose territory included olympia. From the end of the mycenaean age, pisa and olympia were for most of the time controlled by elis. In the time of tantalus and pelops there was easy intercourse between gods and mortals and in some way tantalus abused the privilege of eating with the gods. He invited the gods to dine with him and cut up his son pelops, boiled the parts in a cauldron and served them as the feast. Tantalus was condemned to suffer everlasting thirst and hunger in the underworld. There are two other greek myths that involve cannibalism, both from places connected with elis. The one is the story of lycaon, king of arcadia told by ovid and the other is the banquet of.
