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Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Phrygia; 

filled with wizards, fairies and enchantments, 

there lived a King and Queen and their beloved 

son, Prince Pelops. To celebrate the birth of the 

new born Prince, King Tantalus and the Queen 

Dione decided to have a royal ball and invite all 

the wizards and fairies in the kingdom. 

The ball was magical. The Queen dressed in 

her finest gown and the King wore his biggest 

crown. All the wizards and fairies from 

throughout the kingdom came to see the 

young Prince. But during the ball something 

terrible happened. 

Poseidon, a wizard of the sea, took the Prince 

and vanished. The whole kingdom searched for 

Pelops but he could not be found. The King 

grew very upset, as did the Queen. Seeing the 

pain they were in, the people of the kingdom 

decided to lie, and they told the King and 

Queen that they had found the Prince— but it 

was too late, and he was gone. The King and 

Queen wept at the news of their son’s death.

Meanwhile, deep under the sea, Poseidon hid 

his identity as a wizard to kept Pelops safe and 

raised him as his son. His love for Pelops grew 

more and more each day. He was very fond of 

horses, and showed Pelops how to ride horses 

and chariots, and also how to fight with a 

sword.   Pelops grew into a strong young man 

and Poseidon was very proud of him. 

On Pelops' 18th birthday Poseidon decided to 

tell him the truth about his past. When he told 

Pelops that he took him from his parents, the 

King and Queen, Pelops was very upset. He 

decided to leave the man he thought was his 

father and find his real parents. Poseidon tried 

to explain his action, but it was too late. Pelops 

had already decided to run away. 

Pelops travelled to the kingdom of Pisa. He met 

with the Royals to see if they knew where his 

parents' kingdom was. While he was with 

them, he met the beautiful Princess 

Hippodamia, and they fell in love at first sight. 

Pelops went to her father, King Oenomaus, to 

ask his permission for them to marry.

The King was a grumpy old man, and he did 

not like Pelops for wanting to take away his 

daughter. He loved his daughter, and was 

saddened by the thought of losing her— as he 

would, if she were married. So he set a 

challenge for Pelops; if he could beat the King 

in a chariot race, he could marry Hippodamia. 

But if he lost the race, he would have to leave 

the kingdom forever. Out of his undying love 

for Hippodamia, Pelops agreed to race the 

King. 

After Pelops had agreed to race the King, 

Hippodamia warned him about her father, 

telling him that he was known across the 

kingdoms for winning all the chariot races. 

Although Pelops had learnt how to drive a 

chariot when he was a boy, he wasn’t 

confident he could win against the King. He 

needed help, and there was only one person he 

knew that could teach him how to win the 

race. He had to go and find Poseidon.

Poseidon was overwhelmed with joy when he 

saw Pelops. He went over to him and threw out 

his arms, embracing him. He said he was so 

sorry for what he had done. Pelops looked at 

Poseidon, the only father he had ever known, 

and wiped away a tear from his eye. Pelops 

forgave Poseidon, because he knew he acted 

out of love.  

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