Myrtilos/Definition

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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. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.