Pirithoüs

British

/ paɪˈrɪθəʊəs /

noun

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

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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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During the hunt Theseus saved the life of his rash friend Pirithoüs, as he did, indeed, a number of times.

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Pirithoüs was quite as adventurous as Theseus, but by no means as successful, so that he was perpetually in trouble.

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