lapith

  • 1Lapith — /lapˈith/ (Gr myth) noun (pl Lapˈithae / ē/ or Lapˈiths) A member of a people of Thessaly who fought the Centaurs …

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  • 2Lapith — In Greek mythology, the Lapiths were a legendary people, whose home was in Thessaly, in the valley of the Peneus [ Lapithes made his home about the Peneius river (Diodorus Siculus, iv.69.2).] and on the mountain Pelion. Like the Myrmidons and… …

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  • 3LAPITHÆ —    a race inhabiting the mountains of Thessaly; subject to Perithous, who, on the occasion of his marriage with Hippodamia, invited his kinsfolk the Centaurs to the feast, but these, under intoxication from the wine, attempting to carry off the… …

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  • 4Lapith — Lap·ith (lăpʹĭth) n. Greek Mythology One of a Thessalian tribe who at the disastrous wedding of their king defeated the drunken centaurs. * * * …

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  • 5Lapith — noun one of a semi legendary, semi historical race of Thessaly …

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  • 6Lapith — /ˈlæpəθ/ (say lapuhth) noun (plural Lapiths or Lapithae) Greek Legend a mythical people of Thessaly, who defeated the centaurs in a war which arose at the wedding of Pirithoüs …

  • 7Broteas (Lapith) — Broteas (griechisch Βροτέας) ist ein Lapith der griechischen Mythologie. Er kommt einzig in Ovids Metamorphosen als Gast der Hochzeit von Peirithoos und Hippodameia vor, bei der die Kentauren einen Kampf mit den Lapithen beginnen. Als der… …

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  • 8Elatos (Lapith) — Elatos (griechisch Ἔλατος) ist in der Griechischen Mythologie ein in Larisa residierender Fürst des thessalischen Volkes der Lapithen. Elatos war mit Hippe (oder Hippeia) verheiratet, die Antippos zum Vater hatte. Zwei Argonauten werden als… …

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  • 9Centaur — This article is about the mythological creatures. For other uses, see Centaur (disambiguation). Sintar redirects here. For the Romanian village, see Bogda. Centaur AKA: Kentaur, Κένταυρος, Centaurus A bronze statue of a cent …

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  • 10Diomede — This article is about the female Greek mythology characters. For other uses, see Diomede (disambiguation). Contents 1 Diomede of Lesbos 2 Diomede the Lapith …

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