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  2. Pirithous - Wikipedia

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    Pirithous and Hippodamia receiving the centaurs at his wedding. Antique fresco from Pompeii. "Pirithous' Kampf um Helena" by Joseph Echteler and Richard Brend'amour. Pirithous (/ ˌ p aɪ ˈ r ɪ θ oʊ. ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πειρίθοος or Πειρίθους, derived from περιθεῖν, perithein, 'to run around' [citation needed]; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek ...

  3. Polypoetes - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Polypoetes (/ ˌ p ɒ l ɪ ˈ p iː t iː z /; Ancient Greek: Πολυποίτης, Polupoitēs) was a name attributed to the following individuals: Polypoetes, the Aetolian son of Apollo and Phthia, brother of Dorus and Laodocus. He was killed by Aetolus. [1] Polypoetes, son of Hippodamia and Pirithous.

  4. Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    Thus, Greek mythology unfolds as a phase in the development of the world and of humans. [19]: 11 While self-contradictions in these stories make an absolute timeline impossible, an approximate chronology may be discerned. The resulting mythological "history of the world" may be divided into three or four broader periods:

  5. Sisyphus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Sisyphus or Sisyphos (/ ˈ s ɪ s ɪ f ə s /; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος Sísyphos) was the founder and king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He reveals Zeus 's abduction of Aegina to the river god Asopus , thereby incurring Zeus's wrath.

  6. Arctus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Arctus (Ancient Greek: Ἄρκτον, romanized: Arktos, lit. 'bear' [1]) may refer to the following: Arctus, one of the Horae. [2]Arctus, one of the centaurs who fought against the Lapiths during the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.

  7. Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous) - Wikipedia

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    Benna Smuglewicz Rape of Hippodamia. Hippodamia (/ ˌ h ɪ p ɒ d ə ˈ m aɪ. ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια means 'she who masters horses' derived from ἵππος hippos "horse" and δαμάζειν damazein "to tame") was the daughter of Atrax [2] or Butes [3] or Adrastus [4] and the bride of King Pirithous of the Lapiths in Greek mythology.

  8. Pherecydes of Syros - Wikipedia

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    Pherecydes' cosmogony forms a bridge between the mythological thought of Hesiod and pre-Socratic Greek philosophy; Aristotle considered him one of the earliest thinkers to abandon traditional mythology in order to arrive at a systematic explanation of the world, although Plutarch, as well as many other writers, still gave him the title of ...

  9. Perimedes - Wikipedia

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    Perimedes (Ancient Greek: Περιμήδης) was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology.. Perimedes, the Centaur son of Peuceus and brother of Dryalus.He attended Pirithous’ and Hippodameia’s wedding, and together with his kind, they fought against the Lapiths during the celebrated Centauromachy.