According to Greek mythology, the sea took its name from Myrtilus, after he drowned to this sea. Myrtilus was the son of the god Hermes, and responsible for the chariot of Oenomaus to the horse racing. Actually, his horses was a gift from his father Mars, and had divine power and durability, so he was unbeatable. Oenomaus was the king of Pisa. a town in Peloponnese, and he had a doter, Hippodamia. Hippodamia was in an age she would have to get married, but shes father king Oenomaus, he did not want her to get marry, because in one version she was his mistress, and in an other version, he believed in an oracle, and according to that, his groom would kill him. In order to keep his daughter next to him, he took advantage of his power, and has announced that he will give his daughter to the man who will manage to beat him, but whoever fails, he will cut his head. Of course all those who dared to challenge him, they lost the race, and their heds. Having already nailed twelve heads in sticks around his palace, one day a curious man appeared, and challenge him in order to marry his daughter. Oenomaus accept the challenge. The curious man was, Pelops, was the king of Achaea, and widely regarded as the founder of the Olympic Games . Achaea is a place in Peloponnese, west Greece. Pelops had taken care to convince Myrtilus to help him win the race, and promised to give him half of the kingdom, or Hippodamia for one night. Myrtilus who was secretly in love to Hippodamia, accepted to help him. So he replaced the brass nails on the wheel of the king's chariot, with waxed ones, or did not put any nails at all. As soon as the battle began, the chariot of king Oenomaus turned upside down, and Oinomaos was killed. But according to another version of myth, Pelops won the race thanks to his horses, which were a gift from god Poseidon. After his victory, Pelops left to his homeland, taking Hippodamia and Myrtillus with him. On the way back, Pelops refused to keep his promise to Myrtilus. So Myrtilus tried to distract Hippodamia from him by force. Then Pelops killed him by throwing him from a cliff to the sea, on the eastern side of Peloponnese. The sea since then, has been named Myrtoan sea. After the death of Myrtilus, his father, the god Hermes, honored him by lifting him to the sky where we still see him today. Its the constellation Auriga