ABSTRACT
Just as Pelops’ father Tantalus by his wickedness had brought down a curse on himself and his descendants, and Pelops was cursed by Hermes for the death of Myrtilus, so Pelops cursed his own children for the killing of their halfbrother Chrysippus, which they had carried out to satisfy their mother. Pelops, who had become king of Pisa in Elis by winning the hand of Hippodamia, banished Atreus and Thyestes from his kingdom for their crime. They went to the king of Mycenae, Sthenelus, the husband of their sister Nicippe; and Sthenelus gave them the city of Midea to govern.
