Brewer's: 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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