In Greek mythology, King Oenomaus (or Oinomaos, Oenamaus) of Pisa was the son of Ares by Harpina (daughter of Phliasian Asopus) and father of Hippodamia. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance Pisa, or Pisatis was the name of an ancient Greek town or district in Elis, famous for containing Olympia, the site of the Ancient Olympic Games. In Greek mythology, Ares ( Ancient Greek:, Μodern Greek Άρης) is the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek mythology, Harpina ( Greek Άρπινα was a Naiad Nymph and daughter of Phliasian Asopus and of Metope. Asopus or Asôpos (Greek Ασωπός) is the name of five different Rivers in Greece and Turkey and also in Greek mythology Hippodamia (also Hippodamea) was a daughter of King Oenomaus and wife of Pelops with whom her offspring were Thyestes, Atreus By some accounts Sterope is considered to be his mother by Ares, instead of Harpina. In Greek mythology, Sterope /ˈstɛrəpiː/ ( Greek: Στεροπή /steropέː/ also called Asterope was one of the seven Pleiades (the daughters of By other accounts Sterope is considered to be his wife. He married Evarete of Argos, the daughter of Acrisius and Eurydice. Acrisius ( Ancient Greek:) was a mythical king of Argos, and a son of Abas and Aglaea (or Ocalea, depending on the author In Greek Mythology, Eurydice was wife to Acrisius, king of Argos, mother of Danaë and therefore grandmother to Perseus.

Pelops wanted to marry Hippodamia of Pisa. In Greek mythology, Pelops ( Greek Πέλοψ, from pelios: dark and ops: face eye king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus was venerated Oenamaus had pursued thirteen suitors of Hippodamia and killed them all after beating them in a chariot race (because Poseidon or Ares had given him swift or winged horses). Chariot racing (ἁρματοδρομία/armatodromia was one of the most popular ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Sports Chariot In Greek mythology, Poseidon ( Greek:; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the Sea and as "Earth-Shaker" In Greek mythology, Ares ( Ancient Greek:, Μodern Greek Άρης) is the son of Zeus and Hera. The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. He did this because he loved her himself or, alternatively, because a prophecy claimed he would be killed by her son. Pelops (or alternatively, Hippodamia herself) convinced Myrtilus (by promising him half of Oenomaus' kingdom), Oenomaus' charioteer to remove the linchpins attaching the wheels to the chariot. In Greek mythology, Myrtilus was a divine hero a son of Hermes on Theobula, and charioteer of King Oenomaus of Pisa in Elis on the Oenomaus died as a result. In memory of Oenomaus, the Olympic Games were created (or alternatively the Olympic Games were in celebration of Pelops victory). Pelops then killed Myrtilus because he didn't want to share the credit for winning the chariot race, or because Myrtilus had attempted to rape Hippodamia. As Myrtilus died, he cursed Pelops. This was the source of the curse that haunted future generation of Pelops' children, including Atreus, Thyestes, Agamemnon, Aegisthus, Menelaus and Orestes. In Greek mythology, King Atreus ( Greek: Ατρεύς Atreús) (fearless of Mycenae was the son of Pelops and Hippodamia In Greek mythology, Thyestes (Θυέστης was the son of Pelops, King of Olympia, and Hippodamia and father of Pelopia and In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (very resolute / ( ancient Greek:) is a hero, the son of King Atreus of Mycenae In Greek mythology, Aegisthus ( Ancient Greek:, " goat strength " &mdash also transliterated as Aegisthos In Greek mythology, Menelaus ( Ancient Greek:) was a king of Ancient Sparta, the husband of Helen, and a central figure in the In Greek mythology, Orestes (in English /ɔ'ɹɛstiːz/ and in Greek,) was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon Also, the burial place of Myrtilus was a taraxippus in Olympia. Taraxippus (plural taraxippoi) means "horse disturber" in Greek (equorum con­turbator Oenomaus' chariot race was one legendary origin of the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games

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