| Share
 

Dictionary


Pel•ops



Pronunciation: (pē'lops, pel'ops), [key]
—n.
Class. Myth.a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

Peloponnesuspeloria
See also:

 

Related Content