Excerpt from Pelops: A Tetralogy, the Charioteers Chrysippus, the Victors at Olympia, and Tantalus: A Satyric Play Here the present dramatic action begins; and is in form a Tetralogy, that is to say, a cycle of four members, comprising a trilogy, or sequence of three tragedies followed by a satyric play, connected in subject-matter. The first Play of the series opens with Myrtilus craving reward, which Hippodamia refuses; denouncing him to Pelops as insulting her; while Myrtilus denounces her, as her father's murderer. ...
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Excerpt from Pelops: A Tetralogy, the Charioteers Chrysippus, the Victors at Olympia, and Tantalus: A Satyric Play Here the present dramatic action begins; and is in form a Tetralogy, that is to say, a cycle of four members, comprising a trilogy, or sequence of three tragedies followed by a satyric play, connected in subject-matter. The first Play of the series opens with Myrtilus craving reward, which Hippodamia refuses; denouncing him to Pelops as insulting her; while Myrtilus denounces her, as her father's murderer. Pelops kills Myrtilus and puts away Hippodamia and her children, Atreus and Thyestes, as tainted with parricide, leading home as his bride the Nymph Danai's. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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