Pirithoüs
noun
Greek myth a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
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Historical Examples of pirithoüs
"Hail to thee, Pirithous, Ixion's son," cried the Wanderer again.
The World's DesireH. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang
Hippodamia mother of Polyptes, Pirithous the father, v. 742.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3W. E. Gladstone
Hip-po-da-mi´a.Wife of Pirithous;almost carried off by the Centaurs, 260.
Myths of Greece and RomeH. A. Guerber
And on the gables is a representation of the fight between the Lapithæ and the Centaurs at the marriage of Pirithous.
Pirithous, aided by Theseus, even attempted to snatch Proserpina from the God of the under-world.
The Satyricon, CompletePetronius Arbiter