battle of lapiths and centaurs temple of zeus Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/battle-of-lapiths-and-centaurs-temple-of-zeus Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:09:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 The Battle of the Centaurs & Lapiths http://toursmaps.com/the-battle-of-the-centaurs-lapiths.html http://toursmaps.com/the-battle-of-the-centaurs-lapiths.html#respond Sun, 03 Dec 2017 23:12:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=245670 Another wedding in a cave on Mount Pelion had dire repercussions for the Centaurs, when Peirithous (son of Zeus and Ixion’s wife Dia), ruler of the Lapiths, married Hippodameia (‘Horse-Breaker’). Peirithous was a friend of Theseus, the king of Athens, and shared many of his adventures, including the Calydonian boar hunt. So it was natural for Theseus to be Peirithous’ best man. Most of the gods attended, as well as local dignitaries and many of Peirithous’ Centaur cousins. Wine flowed freely – which, for the normally abstemious Centaurs, was a disaster. Quickly drunk, they behaved like beasts. One tried to

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