- The
Lapiths (/ˈlæpɪθs/;
Ancient Gr****: Λαπίθαι, Lapithai, sing. Λαπίθης) were a
group of
legendary people in Gr**** mythology, who
lived in
Thessaly in...
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through his
brother Lapithes, were kin to the
legendary tribe of the
Lapiths.
Centaurs are
thought of in many Gr****
myths as
being as wild as untamed...
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Caeneus or
Kaineus (Ancient Gr****: Καινεύς, romanized: Kaineús) was a
Lapith hero,
ruler of Thessaly, and the
father of the
Argonaut Coronus. Caeneus...
- Ἄρκτον, romanized: Arktos, lit. 'bear') was a
centaur who
fought against the
Lapith spearmen. His name
means 'bear' in
Ancient Gr****.
Arctus is
briefly mentioned...
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armed and
crested dancers.
Lapiths Corythus, a
Lapith killed by the
centaur Rhoetus at the Centauromachy.
Crantor Dryas, a
Lapith who
fought against the centaurs...
- been
involved in the Centauromachy, a
battle between the
centaurs and the
Lapith people; this
battle is what the
centaurs are best
known for. The battle...
- Troy in the north,
Gigantomachy in the east and
fight of
Centaurs and
Lapiths in the south. The
metopes have a
purely warlike theme, like the decoration...
- husband, she
became mother of the
Lapith Pirithous,
whose marriage to
Hippodameia was the
occasion of the
Lapiths'
battle with the Centaurs. According...
- the
father of Stymphalus, Pereus, Aepytus, Ischys, and Cyllen. Elatus, a
Lapith chieftain of Larissa, Thessaly. He was the father, by Hippeia, of Caeneus...
- Giovanni, the
marble sculpture represents the
mythic battle between the
Lapiths and the Centaurs. A po****r
subject of art in
ancient Greece, the story...
