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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.
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.
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
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.
Ixion married Dia, [8] a daughter of Eioneus, [9] [10] and promised his father-in-law a valuable present. However, he did not pay the bride price, so Deioneus stole some of Ixion's horses in retaliation. Ixion concealed his resentment and invited his father-in-law to a feast at Larissa. When Deioneus arrived, Ixion pushed him into a bed of ...
He consorted with Astyagyia, daughter of Hypseus, and had by her eight sons, of whom the eldest, Antion was a possible father of Ixion with Perimela. [7] Periphas, one of the Lapiths at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia. [8] He must not be confused with the above-mentioned Periphas who was also a Lapith. Periphas, same as Hyperphas. [9]
Laodamia was the daughter of King Amyclas of Sparta and Diomede, daughter of Lapithes. [11] Through this parentage, she was considered the sister of Argalus, [12] Cynortes, [13] Hyacinthus, [14] Polyboea, [15] Hegesandra [16] and, in other versions, of Daphne. [17] Laodamia, daughter of Alcmaeon, wife of Peleus and mother by him of Polydora ...
[1] Bienor, a defender of Troy killed by Agamemnon. [2] Bienor, son of Pyrnus, a soldier in the army of Cyzicus killed in the battle against the Argonauts. [3] Bianor (or Ocnus), son of Manto (either the daughter of Tiresias, or of Heracles) and the river god Tuscus or Tiberis, founder of Mantua which he named after his mother. [4]