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** King of Pisa, Oenomaus challenged the suitors of his daughter Hippodamia in a chariot race and killed the losers. He was always winning as his own horses were gifts of his father the god Ares. Pelops bribed the king's charioteer, Myrtilus son of Hermes, to sabotage the chariot in exchange for half the Kingdom and one night with Hippodamia. Pelops then casted Myrtilus in the sea later named the Myrtoan Sea.
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** King of Pisa, Oenomaus challenged the suitors of his daughter Hippodamia in a chariot race and killed the losers. He was always winning as his own horses were gifts of his father the god Ares. Pelops bribed the king's charioteer, Myrtilus son of Hermes, to sabotage the chariot in exchange for half the Kingdom and one night with Hippodamia. Pelops then casted Myrtilus in the sea later named the Myrtoan Sea.Sea- albeit that some tellings have Myrtilus get impatient and try to rape Hippodamia before the appointed time or have ''Hippodamia'' make the deal behind Pelops' back, with Pelops killing Myrtilus ''thinking'' he was protecting his wife from being raped.
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Ultimately, Rewarding a Traitor with Betrayal is a ''very'' double-edged sword. On one hand, it can save the villain the trouble of having a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder chronic backstabber]] in their orbit who may be a SpannerInTheWorks in the long run. But on the other, betraying the traitor would simply make the villain look worse overall; after all, why would ''anyone'' want to work with the villain if they're not going to honor their agreement and simply make things worse for the traitor in the end?
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Ultimately, Rewarding a Traitor with Betrayal is a ''very'' double-edged sword. On one hand, it can save the villain the trouble of having a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder chronic backstabber]] in their orbit who may be a SpannerInTheWorks in the long run. But on the other, betraying the traitor would simply make the villain look worse overall; overall and deprives them of any potentially useful pawns; after all, why would ''anyone'' want to help and work with the villain if they're not going to honor their agreement and simply make things worse for the traitor in the end?
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Ultimately, Rewarding a Traitor with Betrayal is a ''very'' double-edged sword. On one hand, it can save the villain the trouble of having a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder chronic backstabber]] in their orbit that may be a SpannerInTheWorks in the long run. But on the other, betraying the traitor simply makes the villain look worse, and likely would dissuade others from joining them, since they know they’ll be in a worse situation if they betrayed to get in the villains good graces.
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Ultimately, Rewarding a Traitor with Betrayal is a ''very'' double-edged sword. On one hand, it can save the villain the trouble of having a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder chronic backstabber]] in their orbit that who may be a SpannerInTheWorks in the long run. But on the other, betraying the traitor would simply makes make the villain look worse, and likely worse overall; after all, why would dissuade others from joining them, since they know they’ll be in a ''anyone'' want to work with the villain if they're not going to honor their agreement and simply make things worse situation if they betrayed to get for the traitor in the villains good graces.
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Ultimately, Rewarding a Traitor with Betrayal is a ''very'' double-edged sword. On one hand, it can save the villain the trouble of having a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder chronic backstabber]] in their orbit that may be a SpannerInTheWorks in the long run. But on the other, betraying the traitor simply makes the villain look worse, and likely would dissuade others from joining them, since they know they’ll be in a worse situation if they betrayed to get in the villains good graces.
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Recurring problem for TheStarscream, but beware one doesn't scare off would-be DefectorFromDecadence too. Compare TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil. Often, the metanarrative purpose of this trope is to have BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork by having them finish off a traitor that the audience would want to see punished without dirtying the heroes' hands. Frequently accompanied by ContemptCrossfire or YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.
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Recurring problem for TheStarscream, but beware one doesn't scare off would-be DefectorFromDecadence too. Compare TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil. Often, the metanarrative purpose of this trope is to have BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork by having them finish off a traitor that the audience would want to see punished without dirtying the heroes' hands. Frequently accompanied by ContemptCrossfire or YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.
YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. If the villains actually hired the "traitor" for a specific job that helped them advance their plans and actually held the end of their bargain, that's HiredByTheOppressor.
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** Abner, Ish-Bosheth's general who defected to David, also ended up being killed by David's chief commander Joab, although this was more for revenge on Abner specifically than any principled stand against betrayal.
