Pirithous

Pirithous in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Pirithous - Πειρίθοος (also transliterated as Perithoos, Peirithoos or Peirithous) was the King of the Lapiths in Thessaly and husband of Hippodamia, at whose wedding the famous Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs occurred. He was a son of "heavenly" Dia, fathered either by Ixion or by Zeus[1]. His best friend was Theseus. In Il...

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Pirithous in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

[PEIRITHOUS.] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....

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Peirithous in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Peiri/qoos), a son of Ixion or Zeus by Dia, of Larissa in Thessaly (Hom. Il. 2.741, 14.17; Apollod. 1.8 § 2; Eustath. ad hom. p. 101 i. He was one of the Lapithae, and married to Hippodameia, by whom he became the father of Polypoetes (Hom. Il. 2.740, &100.12.129). When Peirithous was celebrating his marriage with Hippodameia, the intoxi...

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