in fabulous history, the son of Tantalus king of Phrygia, went into Elis, where he married Hippodamia the daughter of OEnomaus, king of that country; and became so powerful, that all the territory which lies beyond the Isthmus, and composes a considerable part of Greece, was called Peloponnesus; that is, the island of Pelops, from his name, and the word Nisos.

PELUSIUM, (anc. geogr.); a noble and strong city of Egypt, without the Delta, distant 20 stadia from the sea; situate amidst marshes; and hence its name name and its strength. Called the key or inlet of Egypt, (Diodorus, Hirtius); which being taken, the rest of Egypt lay quite open and exposed to an enemy. Called Sin, (Ezekiel). Pelysiacus, the epithet, (Virgil, Diodorus). From its ruins arose Damietta. E. Long. 32° N. Lat. 31°.