Pirithoüs

/ paɪˈrɪθəʊəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus

Example Sentences

There Pirithoüs sits forever, but Theseus was freed by his cousin.

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He tried to do the same for Pirithoüs, but could not.

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But as the two faced each other Pirithoüs, impulsive as always, suddenly forgot everything in his admiration of the other.

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When Pirithoüs, who was King of the Lapithae, married, Theseus was, of course, one of the guests, and was exceedingly useful there.

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Quite characteristically, Pirithoüs, after the bride of the disastrous wedding feast was dead, decided that for his second wife he would try to get the most carefully guarded lady in all the universe, none other than Persephone herself.

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