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* It all started with the most horrible of crimes: the killing of one's own child. Tantalus murdered his son Pelops and served his flesh to the gods to test their omniscience. What was the name of the only goddess who tasted this unusual dish?
* Agamemnon, the son of Atreus, leader of the Greek forces, had to sacrifice his own daughter to appease Artemis who sent contrary winds to delay the Greek fleet heading for Troy. What was the name of the victim?
* Aegisthus married Clytemnestra and ruled Mycene for a few years. They were both murdered by Agamemnon's son Orestes, who plotted this crime with his sister. What was the name of this woman, who helped to kill her own mother?
* Who was the father of Pelops that once cut him up to serve him to the gods?
* When Pelops fell in love with Hippodameia, he competed in a contest in order to marry her. What kind of contest was this?
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