Post by Lt Colonel John Sheppard on Feb 26, 2007 1:37:57 GMT -5
Pelops - Greek - Was the son of Tantalus, king of Mount Sipylus in Anatolia. Wanting to make an offering to the Olympians, Tantalus cut Pelops into pieces and made his flesh into a stew, then served it to the gods. Demeter, who was at that particular time deep in grief after the abduction of her daughter Persephone by Hades, absentmindedly accepted the offering and at the left shoulder. The other gods however sensed the plot and held off from eating of the boy's body and brought Pelops back to life, his shoulder was replaced with one made of ivory made for him by Hephaestus. After his resurrection, Poseidon fell in love with him and took him to Olympus and made the youth his lover. Teaching him to drive the divine chariot with winged horses. Pelops, a man, now wanted to marry Hippodamia, King Oenamaus' daughter. He raced Oenamus in order to have her hand in marriage. He won and married her.
Pelops - Greek - When Pelops did not make a personal appearance in the episodd in which he was introduced, a statue of him on the planet Argos gave a physical representation of him. The statue was shown standing in a chariot, holding a lightning bolt above his head, as if to cast it down. In an effort to study human physiology and evolution, research presumably geared toward improving Goa'uld hosts, Pelops implanted the people settled on that world with a nanoviris that aged everyone one year in the space of a single night. When the Argosians understood what was happening to them they broke the statue and freed themselves from his tyranny. (Brief Candle)
Pelops - Greek - When Pelops did not make a personal appearance in the episodd in which he was introduced, a statue of him on the planet Argos gave a physical representation of him. The statue was shown standing in a chariot, holding a lightning bolt above his head, as if to cast it down. In an effort to study human physiology and evolution, research presumably geared toward improving Goa'uld hosts, Pelops implanted the people settled on that world with a nanoviris that aged everyone one year in the space of a single night. When the Argosians understood what was happening to them they broke the statue and freed themselves from his tyranny. (Brief Candle)
