Pelops

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proper noun

A Greek mythological figure, the son of Tantalus, and king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Greekhuman sciencesA Greek mythological figure, the son of Tantalus, and king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus.

    His messenger, Argicides, to Pelops, skill'd in horse; / Pelops to Atreus, chief of men; he dying, gave it course

    [1611?], Homer, “Book II”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC, page 53

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΠέλοψ“dark face, eye”
  2. EnglishPelops

From Ancient Greek Πέλοψ (Pélops, “dark face, eye”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek Πέλοψ
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Catalan Pèlops
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Dutch Pelops
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French Pélops
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German Pelops
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Greek Πέλοψ
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Hungarian Pelopsz
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Italian Pelope
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Latin Pelops
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Polish Pelops
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Portuguese Pélope
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Russian Пело́п
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Spanish Pélope
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Ukrainian Пело́п
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Pelops. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pelops

MLA

“Pelops.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pelops. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pelops,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pelops.

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