Pausanias, Description of Greece, ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy, 6.20.17

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[17] There is also a story that Pelops made here an empty mound in honor of Myrtilos and sacrificed to him in an effort to calm the anger of the murdered man, naming the mound Taraxippos (Frightener of horses) because the mares of Oinomaos were frightened by the trick of Myrtilos. Some say that it is Oinomaos himself who harms the racers in the course. I have also heard some attach the blame to Alkathos, the son of Porthaon. Killed by Oinomaos because he wooed Hippodameia, Alkathos, they say, here got his portion of earth; having been unsuccessful on the course, he is a spiteful and hostile deity to chariot drivers.

Description of Greece. Pausanias. ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy. . .

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Ἑλλάδος Περιηγήσεως Perseus (Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.) — 6.20.17 focus

[17] λέγουσι δὲ καὶ ὡς Μυρτίλῳ κενὸν ἐνταῦθα ἠρίον ποιήσειε Πέλοψ καὶ θύσειέ τε αὐτῷ τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ φόνῳ μήνιμα ἰώμενος καὶ ἐπονομάσαι Ταράξιππον, ὅτι τῷ Οἰνομάῳ διὰ τοῦ Μυρτίλου τῆς τέχνης ἐταράχθησαν αἱ ἵπποι· τοῖς δέ ἐστιν εἰρημένον ὡς αὐτὸς Οἰνόμαος ὁ τοὺς ἱππεύοντάς ἐστιν ἐν τῷ δρόμῳ βλάπτων. ἤκουσα δὲ καὶ ἐς τὸν Πορθάονος Ἀλκάθουν ἀγόντων τὴν αἰτίαν, ὡς ἐνταῦθα μέρη λάβοι γῆς ὁ Ἀλκάθους ἀποθανὼν ὑπὸ Οἰνομάου τῶν Ἱπποδαμείας γάμων ἕνεκα· ἅτε δὲ ἀτυχήσαντα ἐν ἱπποδρόμῳ, βάσκανόν τε εἶναι τοῖς ἱππεύουσι καὶ οὐκ εὐμενῆ δαίμονα.

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Description of Greece Perseus (Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece, Volumes 1-4. Jones, W.H.S. (William Henry Samuel), translator; Ormerod, Henry Arderne, translator. London, New York: W. Heinemann, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918-1935.) — 6.20.17 focus

[17] There is also a story that Pelops made here an empty mound in honor of Myrtilus, and sacrificed to him in an effort to calm the anger of the murdered man, naming the mound¹ Taraxippus (Frightener of horses) because the mares of Oenomaus were frightened by the trick of Myrtilus. Some say that it is Oenomaus himself who harms the racers in the course. I have also heard some attach the blame to Alcathus, the son of Porthaon. Killed by Oenomaus because he wooed Hippodameia, Alcathus, they say, here got his portion of earth; having been unsuccessful on the course, he is a spiteful and hostile deity to chariot-drivers.

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