an alternative myth has the hero Pelops (from which the name of the Peloponnese region of Greece originates) establish the festival after defeating King Oenomaus in a chariot race. Whatever the ...

Sophocles’ Oedipus the King tragedy is one such case. Oedipus’ father, Laius, visits King Pelops, but he ends up committing a taboo. Doom is cast over him and his descendants. Laius becomes ...