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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.
Pirithous was a son of "heavenly" Dia, fathered either by Ixion [1] or by Zeus. [2] He married Hippodamia, daughter of Atrax or Butes, at whose wedding the famous Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs occurred. By his wife, he became the father of Polypoetes, [3] one of the Greek leaders during the Trojan War.
Hippodameia, wife of Alcathous (the son of Aesyetes) and daughter of Anchises. [16] [17] Hippodamia, possible name for the mother of Guneus by Ocytus. [18] Hippodamia, an Athenian maiden who was one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur. [19] Hippodameia, a.k.a. Briseis, the wife of a prince in Asia Minor at the time of the Trojan War
Butes, possible father of Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous). [13] She is otherwise referred to as daughter of Atrax [14] or Adrastus. [15] Butes, son of Pallas and brother of Clytus; the two brothers were younger companions of Cephalus. [16]
ΕΡΓΟΝ Ι. ΠΦΟΥΛ" ('Theseus Saving Hippodamia. Work of J. Pfuhl'). The sculpture represents the hero Theseus who, according to Greek myth, saved the beautiful Hippodamia, the wife of King Pirithous of the Lapiths, from the drunken centaur Eurytion in the Centauromachy.
The battle took place during the wedding of the King of the Lapithae, Pirithous, and his wife Hippodamia. Amycus' involvement in this battle is recognized in the Metamorphoses , written by the Roman poet Ovid .
Caroline Darian remembers the day and time she got the call from her mother, Gisèle Pelicot, that changed everything: 8:25 p.m. on a Monday in November 2020.
According to legend, she was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, and the wife of Theseus. Phaedra fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus . After he rejected her advances, she accused him of trying to rape her, causing Theseus to pray to Poseidon to kill Hippolytus (which Poseidon did), and then she killed herself.