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In memory of Oenomaus, the Olympic Games were created (or alternatively the Olympic Games were in celebration of Pelops' victory). Oenomaus' chariot race was one legendary origin of the Olympic Games; one of its turning-posts was preserved, and round it grew an Elean legend of a burnt "house of Oenomaus", reported by Pausanias in the 2nd ...
The Jesus bloodline refers to the proposition that a lineal sequence of the historical Jesus has persisted, possibly to the present time. Although absent from the Gospels or historical records, the concept of Jesus having descendants has gained a presence in the public imagination, as seen with Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code and its 2006 movie adaptation of the same name ...
Statues of Sterope and Oenomaus, from the Temple of Zeus, Olympia In Greek mythology , Sterope ( / ˈ s t ɛr ə p iː / ; Ancient Greek : Στερόπη, [sterópɛː] , from στεροπή , steropē , lightning), [ 1 ] also called Asterope (Ἀστερόπη), was one of the seven Pleiades .
Pelops and Hippodamia from the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia.. Hippodamia (/ ˌ h ɪ p oʊ d ə ˈ m aɪ. ə /, [1] / h ɪ ˌ p ɒ d ə-/; [2] also Hippodamea and Hippodameia; Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια "she who masters horses" derived from ἵππος hippos "horse" and δαμάζειν damazein "to tame") was a Greek mythological figure.
Bonosus was a bishop who in the late 4th century held Mary had other children after Jesus, for which the other bishops of his province condemned him. [48] Important orthodox theologians such as Hippolytus [ 49 ] (170–235), Eusebius (260/265–339/340) and Epiphanius (c. 310/320–403) defended the perpetual virginity of Mary.
According to some writers, Evenus, like Oenomaus, used to set his daughter's suitors to run a chariot race with him, promising to bestow her on the winner; but he cut off the heads of his vanquished competitors and nailed them to the walls of his house. [9] [10] [11]
Father Issa Thaljieh, a 40-year-old Greek Orthodox parish priest at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, kneels at the spot where tradition says Jesus was born.
In the center stands Zeus watching over Pelops to his right and Oenomaus to his left. Beside them are two female figures, followed by hithe chariots about to be raced on. In the corners of the pediment are male figures, presumably spectators, who are sitting or lying down. [4]