Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous)
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Hippodamia (Ἱπποδάμεια, from ἵππος hippos (horse) and δαμάζειν damazein (to tame), "Tamer of horses"; also known as Deidamia (Δηιδάμεια)[1] or Ischomache[2]), daughter of Atrax[3] or Butes,[4] was the bride of King Pirithous of the Lapiths. At their wedding, Hippodamia, the other female guests, and the young boys were almost abducted by the Centaurs. Pirithous and his friend, Theseus, led the Lapiths to victory over the Centaurs.[5][6] With Pirithous, she mothered Polypoetes.[7]
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- ^ Plutarch, Parallel lives: Theseus, 30
- ^ Propertius, Elegies, 2. 2. 9
- ^ Ovid, Heroides, 17. 248
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 70. 3
- ^ Homer, Odyssey, 11. 630
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12. 224 ff
- ^ Homer, Iliad, 2. 740
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