This article is about the mythical tribe. For the eponymous hero, see Lapithes (hero).
Metope from the Elgin Marbles depicting a Centaur and a Lapith fighting.
The Lapiths (/ˈlæpɪθs/; Ancient Greek: Λαπίθαι, Lapithai, sing. Λαπίθης) were a group of legendary people in Greek mythology, who lived in Thessaly in the valley of the Peneus[1] and on the mountain Pelion. They were believed to have descended from the mythical Lapithes, brother of Centaurus, with the two heroes giving their names to the races of the Lapiths and the Centaurs respectively. The Lapiths are best known for their involvement in the Centauromachy (Greek: Κενταυρομαχία, translit. Kentauromachía), a mythical fight that broke out between them and the Centaurs during Pirithous and Hippodamia's wedding.
^Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica. iv.69.2. Lapithes made his home about the Peneius river
the Lapiths were horsemen in the grasslands of Thessaly, famous for its horses. The Lapiths were credited with inventing the bridle's bit. The Lapith King...
battle with the Lapiths (their kin), and conversely, teachers like Chiron. The Centaurs are best known for their fight with the Lapiths who, according...
ik-SY-ən; Greek: Ἰξίων, gen.: Ἰξίονος means 'strong native') was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly. Ixion was the son of Ares, or Leonteus...
transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus. Pirithous was...
(/ˈflɛdʒiəs/; Ancient Greek: Φλεγύας means 'fiery') was a king of the Lapiths (or the Phlegyans). Phlegyas was the son of Ares and Chryse, daughter of...
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...
transformation. Caeneus is said to have died in the battle between the Lapiths and the centaurs (see Pirithous). Similarly, in the Iliad (without referring...
bas-reliefs showing action scenes, including the battle of the centaurs with the lapiths and Greeks in combat during the Amazonomachy.[citation needed] On the top...
the battle of the Lapiths against the Centaurs, following the wedding feast of Peirithous and Hippodamia. The battle of the Lapiths (legendary inhabitants...
So, in the back-story of the myth of Aristaeus, Hypseus, a king of the Lapiths, married Chlidanope, a naiad, who bore him Cyrene. Aristaeus had more than...
the Lapiths Phoenix, son of Agenor, founder-king of Phoenicia Phoroneus, a king of Argos Phyleus, a king of Elis Pirithoös, king of the Lapiths and husband...
Parthenon, some of which depict the battle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths. The painting on most metopes has been lost, but sufficient traces remain...
taken to Lycia by Apollo. Coronis was daughter of Phlegyas, King of the Lapiths. While pregnant with Asclepius, Coronis fell in love with Ischys, son of...
Helena Fourment with Children; Hercules and Omphale; Ixion, King of the Lapiths, Deceived by Juno, Who He Wished to Seduce; Marie de' Medici cycle; The...
Story. Slander. The Consonants at Law. The Carousal (Symposium) or The Lapiths translated by A. M. Harmon. Loeb Classical Library No. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts...
towered a threatening stone like that of Sisyphus. Ixion was the king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly. Ixion grew to hate his father-in-law...
their divine provenance. Theseus's best friend was Pirithous, king of the Lapiths. Pirithous had heard stories of Theseus's courage and strength in battle...
Centaurs and Lapiths probably at the time of the marriage of the king of Thessaly Pirithoos with Hippodamia. Centaurs and Lapiths are cousins (Lapiths and Centaurs...
centaur in Greek mythology. Hylonome was present at the battle against the Lapiths, where she lost her husband, the centaur Cyllarus, whom she loved very...
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