comment on the Peloponnesus being described as the apoikiā ('settlement') of Pelops; analysis of the ritual elements of initiation into adulthood in the myth: before Pelops is presented with a chariot team as a gift from his abductor Poseidon, he is expelled from Poseidon’s home on Olympus and banished to a place that is as yet foreign to him, the Peloponnesus; in this 'foreign' land, Poseidon helps him succeed in his exploits and after the ordeal in the chariot race, the Peloponnesus finally becomes his new home