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Ivory Shoulder
Demeter ate the shoulder of Pelops, served up by
Tantalos; so when the gods restored the body to life, Demeter supplied
the lacking shoulder with one of ivory.
“Not Pelops' shoulder whiter than her hands.”
W. Browne: Britannia's Pastorals ii. 3.
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