entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note ENT_PELOPS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library Epitome 2.3-9; chariot race with Oenomaus; foundation of the Peloponnese ENT_PELOPS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,Pelops is named in Iliad II.104-108 (the lineage of the scepter: Zeus → Hermes → Pelops → Atreus → Thyestes → Agamemnon); this genealogy passing through Pelops is the primary Homeric attestation for his role as the ancestor of the Atreidae ENT_PELOPS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation,Pausanias documents the Pelopion at Olympia (Book 5.13.1-3): a sacred enclosure holding Pelops's hero shrine; the annual sacrifice of a black ram at the Pelopion before Olympic games; the chariot race with Oenomaus; Pelops was the eponymous hero of the Peloponnese ENT_PELOPS,SRC_THEOI_DEIFIED,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_PELOPS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)."