Hippŏdăme

and Hippodamīa , a daughter of Œnoma us king of Pisa, in Elis, who married Pelops son of Tantalus. Her father, who was either enamoured of her himself, or afraid lest he should perish by one of his daughter’s children, according to an oracle, refused to marry her, except to him who could overcome him in a chariot-race. As the beauty of Hippo dam i a was greatly celebrated, many courted her, and accepted her father’s conditions, though death attended a defeat. Thirteen had already been conquered, and forfeited their lives, when Pelops came from Lydia and entered the lists. Pelops previously bribed Myrtilus the charioteer of Œnoma us, and ensured himself the victory. In the race, Œnoma us mounted on a broken chariot, which the corrupted Myrtilus had purposely provided for him, was easily overcome, and was killed in the course; and Pelops married Hippo dam i a, and avenged the death of Œnoma us, by throwing into the sea the perfidious Myrtilus, who claimed for the reward of his treachery the favour which Hippo dam i a could grant only to her husband. Hippo dam i a became mother of Atreus and Thyestes, and it is said that she died of grief for the death of her father, which her guilty correspondence with Pelops and Myrtilus had occasioned. Virgil , Georgics , bk. 3 , li. 7 .— Hyginus , fables 84 & 253.— Pausanias , bk. 5 , ch. 14 , . — Diodorus , bk. 4 .— Ovid , Heroides , poems 8 & 17.――A daughter of Adrastus king of Argos, who married Pirithous king of the Lapithæ. The festivity which prevailed on the day of her marriage was interrupted by the attempts of Eurytus to offer her violence. See: Pirithous . She is called Is cho mache by some, and Deidamia by others. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 12 .— Plutarch , These us .――A daughter of Danaus. Apollo dor us. ――A mistre of Achilles, daughter of Brises.――A daughter of Anchises, who married Alcathous. Homer , Iliad , bk. 13 , li. 429 .