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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. Ixion - Wikipedia

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    These circumstances are secondary to the fact of Ixion's primordial act of murder; it could be accounted for quite differently: in the Greek Anthology, [11] among a collection of inscriptions from a temple in Cyzicus, is an epigrammatic description of Ixion slaying Phorbas and Polymelos, who had slain his mother, Megara, the "great one".

  4. Danaïdes - Wikipedia

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    Magda Szabó's 1964 novel, A Danaida (The Danaid), is about a woman who lives selfishly for two-thirds of her life without realizing that even she can change the course of history. Le Châtiment des Danaïdes is an essay by the French-Canadian author Henri-Paul Jacques applying the Freudian concept of psychoanalysis to studying the punishment ...

  5. Phlegethon - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, the river Phlegethon (Φλεγέθων, English translation: "flaming") or Pyriphlegethon (Πυριφλεγέθων, English translation: "fire-flaming") was one of the five rivers in the infernal regions of the underworld, along with the rivers Styx, Lethe, Cocytus, and Acheron.

  6. Medon (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  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. 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.

  9. Dia (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    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.