Editing Oenomaus (section)

=== Courtship of Hippodamia ===

King Oenomaus, fearful of a prophecy that claimed he would be killed by his son-in-law, had killed eighteen suitors of his daughter Hippodamia after defeating them in a [[Chariot racing|chariot race]]. He affixed their heads to the wooden columns of his palace.<ref>The story of Pelops' chariot race is told by Nestor to Menelaus, in [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]]'s continuation of the ''[[Iliad]]'' (IV.527-34).</ref> [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] was shown what was purportedly the last standing column in the late 2nd century AD; he mentions that [[Pelops]] erected a monument in honor of all the suitors who preceded him, and lists their names:<ref>Pausanias, 6.21.9–11, with a reference to ''[[Megalai Ehoiai]]'' fr. 259(a)</ref>

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# [[Marmax]]
# [[Alcathous]], son of [[Porthaon]]
# [[Euryalus]]
# [[Eurymachus]]
# [[Crotalus (mythology)|Crotalus]]
# [[Acrias (mythology)|Acrias]] of [[Lacedaemon]], founder of Acriae
# [[Capetus (mythology)|Capetus]]
# [[Lycurgus (mythology)|Lycurgus]]
# [[Lasius (mythology)|Lasius]]
# [[Chalcodon]]
# [[Tricolonus]]
# [[Aristomachus (mythology)|Aristomachus]]
# [[Prias]]
# [[Pelagon]]
# [[Aeolius]]
# [[Cronius (mythology)|Cronius]]
# [[Erythras]], son of [[Leucon]]
# [[Eioneus]], son of [[Magnes (mythology)|Magnes]]
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