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of Lydia, came to ask for her hand and prepared to race
Oenomaus. Worried about losing, Pelops went to the seaside and invoked Poseidon, his former lover. Reminding Poseidon of their love ("Aphrodite's sweet gifts"), he asked Poseidon for help. Smiling, Poseidon caused a chariot drawn by winged
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axle with fake ones made of beeswax. The race began, and went on for a long time. But just as
Oenomaus was catching up to Pelops and readying to kill him, the wheels flew off and the chariot broke apart. Oenomaus' charioteer,
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264:Scholia on Apollonius
386:Ares and (A)Sterope
108:, was the father of
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226:Trojan War
212:Hyperochus
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110:Hippodamia
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1278:Hyginus
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1079:, 1.752
1073:Scholia
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1018:Hyginus
962:Olympia
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864:Eioneus
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