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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 ...
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.
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.
Dia, the Perrhaebian daughter of Deioneus [9] or Eioneus, [10] wife of Ixion [11] (who killed her father so as to not pay the bride price) and with her husband, she became mother of the Lapith Pirithous, whose marriage to Hippodameia was the occasion of the Lapiths' battle with the Centaurs.
In Greek mythology and history, Medon (/ ˈ m iː d ən /; Ancient Greek: Μέδων, gen.: Μέδοντος means "lord' or "ruler") is the name of a number of different figures: Medon, one of the Tyrrhenian pirates who attempted to enslave Dionysus and were changed into fish or dolphin. [1] Medon, a centaur at the wedding of Pirithous and ...
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.
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.
Eurytus, a centaur present at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia, and the one that caused the conflict between the Lapiths and the Centaurs by trying to carry the bride off. The most violent of the centaurs involved in the battle with the Lapiths, he was killed by Theseus .