A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Peirithous

Home Collections/Texts Perseus Catalog Research Grants Open Source About Help

Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:

This text is part of:

Greek and Roman Materials

View text chunked by:

first letter : entry
entry

Peirithous

（*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 intoxicated centaur Eurytion or Eurytus carried her off, and this act occasioned the celebrated light between the centaurs and Lapithae (Hom. Od. xi, 630, 21.296, Il. 1.263, &c.; Ov. Met. 12.224). He was worshipped at Athens, along with Theseus, as a hero. (Paus. 1.30.4; comp. Apollod. 1.8.2; Paus. 10.29.2; Ov. Met. 8.566; Plin. >H. N. 36.4, and the articles HERACLES and CENTAURI.)

[L.S]

William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.

Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar:

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
William Smith, Ed.

This text is part of:

View text chunked by:

Table of Contents:

Peirithous

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology William Smith, Ed.

This text is part of:

View text chunked by:

Table of Contents:

Peirithous

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
William Smith, Ed.