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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], a [[chariot|charioteer]] [[bribe|bribed]] by [[Pelops]] to help him become [[marriage|married]] to [[Hippodameia]]; he removed special pins in the chariot so that the [[wheel|wheels]] fell off and [[Oinomaos]] was killed. But Myrtilos was later [[murder|killed]] by Pelops for trying to [[rape]] Hippodameia | From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], a [[chariot|charioteer]] [[bribe|bribed]] by [[Pelops]] to help him become [[marriage|married]] to [[Hippodameia]]; he removed special pins in the chariot so that the [[wheel|wheels]] fell off and [[Oinomaos]] was killed. But Myrtilos was later [[murder|killed]] by Pelops for trying to [[rape]] Hippodameia. | ||
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Myrtilos [r]: From Greek mythology, a charioteer bribed by Pelops to help him become married to Hippodameia; he removed special pins in the chariot so that the wheels fell off and Oinomaos was killed. But Myrtilos was later killed by Pelops for trying to rape Hippodameia.