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	Centaurs - LoveToKnow 1911
		They are best known for their fight with the Lapithae, caused by their attempt to carry off Deidameia on the day of her marriage to Peirithous, king of the Lapithae, himself the son of Ixion.
		Theseus, who happened to be present, assisted Peirithous, and the Centaurs were driven off (Plutarch, Theseus, 30; Ovid, Metam.
		In later times they are often represented drawing the car of Dionysus, or bound and ridden by Eros, in allusion to their drunken and amorous habits.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Centaurs (411 words)

	CENTAURS, NORTHERN : Centaurs of Magnesia in Thesssaly ; Greek mythology ; pictures : KENTAUROI
		The Centaurs are particularly celebrated in ancient story for their fight with the Lapithae, which arose at the marriage-feast of Peirithous, and the subject of which was extensively used by ancient poets and artists.
		He fought against the Lapithae at the nuptials of Peirithous, and was subsequently nailed to a cross by Heracles, who is said to have made an epigram upon him, which is preserved in Philostratus.
		For when Peirithous was courting Hippodameia, he gave a banquet for the Kentauroi because they were related to her; but they, unused to wine, drank too much too fast and got drunk, and when the bride was ushered in they tried to rape her.
	www.theoi.com /Georgikos/KentauroiThessalioi.html (6847 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Greek & Roman Mythology (D) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In Greek mythology, Dia or Eioneus was a daughter of Deioneus and the mother of Peirithous by her husband, Ixion, according to one legend, or according to another, by Zeus.
		Peirithous is said to have received his name from the fact that Zeus when he attempted to seduce Dia ran around her in the form of a horse.
		In Roman mythology, Diana was an ancient Italian goddess, in later times identified with the Greek Artemis, With whom she had various attributes in common, being the virgin goddess of the moon and of the hunt, and as such associated with the crescent moon, bow, arrows, and quiver.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /D1D.HTM (1085 words)

	Part III. The Heroes of the Quest. Chapter III. Theseus and the Minotaur. VIII. Colum, Padraic. 1921. The Golden Fleece ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		And Peirithous looked upon Theseus, and he felt that he was greater and nobler than he had thought.
		But Peirithous had seen the daughter of this king, and he desired above all things to take her from her father and make her his wife.
		So they came to Epirus, Theseus and Peirithous, and they entered the king’s palace, and they heard the bay of the dread hound that was there to let no one out who had once come within the walls.
	aol.bartleby.com /72/39.html (675 words)

	Peirithous Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		List of the Calydon boar hunt includes Peirithous, son of Ixion, from Larissa;
		The Peirithous mentioned here by Nestor is of an earlier generation than that generation which fought the Trojan War;
		Polypoetes, son of Hippodameia by Peirithous, son of Zeus;
	www.csulb.edu /~dbouvier/SourceFiles/i551Sources.htm (54 words)

	The Sword and the Crown: The Tales of Corona Borealis. Chapter 5: Daedalus
		No sooner were they both seated, than serpents streamed from the corners of the bench and tightened their grip around Theseus and Peirithous, holding them tight against the stone.
		Heracles grabbed their hands and pulled, tearing Theseus free, but the part of the throne where Peirithous was held moved as the earth trembled and jerked him away from Heracles.
		Hades had made his decision that Peirithous would never be freed and even Heracles could do nothing to change it.
	www.business-esolutions.com /starmyths/myths/coronaborealis6.htm (2121 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1099 (v. 3)
		Helen from Sparta while she was quite a girl, and placed her at Aphidnae under the care of Aethra.
		In return he assisted Peirithous in his attempt to carry off Persephone from the lower world.
		Peirithous perished in the enterprise, and Theseus was kept in hard durance until he was delivered by Hercules.
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3433.html (970 words)

	Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, page 466
		Since Theseus and one of the Lapithse, Caeneus (q.v.), rescued the bride, Peirithous assisted the former in the abduction of Helen.
		Accompanied by Theseus, Peirithous descended into the world below, in order to carry off PersSphone, and was compelled to pine there in everlasting chains as a punishment, while Theseus (q.v.) was released by Heracles.
		Peirithous' son Polypoetes marched to Troy with Leonteus, the grandson of Cseneus, and after the fall of Troy is said to have founded with him the city of Aspendus in Pamphylia.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /seyffert/0469.html (808 words)

	Pausanias, Description of Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The former is holding in his hands the sword of Peirithous and his own.
		Peirithous is looking at the swords, and you might conjecture that he is angry with them for having been useless and of no help in their daring adventures.
		Panyassis the poet says that Theseus and Peirithous did not sit chained to their chairs, but that the rock grew to their flesh and so served as chains.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+10.29.5 (900 words)

	Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Peirithous (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Their friendship was formed when Theseus came upon the Lapith engaged in an act of piracy, and it found its fullest expression in exploits of a dubious nature.
		Peirithous helped Theseus abduct young Helen of Sparta, in return for which Theseus aided Peirithous in an ill-fated attempt to carry off Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.
		Theseus was eventually freed by Heracles, but Peirithous remains there for eternity.
	www.mythweb.com /encyc/gallery/peirithous_c.html (83 words)

	Olympia - Pathways to Ancient Myth
		One day, King Peirithous of the Lapiths invited the centaurs to the wedding of his daughter Deidameia.
		During the feast and drinking, the centaurs got riotous and attempted to abduct the bride and the women of the Lapiths.
		Peirithous, Theseus, and the Lapiths leaped to their rescue and defeated the centaurs.
	www.calvin.edu /academic/clas/pathways/olympia/oalt5.htm (148 words)

	Theseus
		This was the same Helen whose face would "launch a thousand ships" when, as Helen of Troy, the lover and captive of the Trojan Paris, she caused the allies of her husband Menelaus to wage the Trojan War to bring her home.
		But before this had come to pass she was rescued by her brothers, the hero twins, Castor and Pollux, whose conjoined starry constellation still brightens the night sky between fellow heroes Orion and Perseus.
		Lacking any false modesty, Peirithous boldly stated his business, adding that he was sure the god would concede that Persephone would be happier with himself.
	fyreangyl.tripod.com /Mythology/theseus.htm (3000 words)

	Theseus and the Minotaur
		Theseus, along with his friend Peirithous, was able to abduct Helen from Sparta when she was only ten years old.
		In return for his help, Theseus agreed to assist Peirithous to try and court another of Zeus’s daughters Persephone, the queen of the underworld.
		Hercules was unable to release Peirithous, and he had to remain in the underworld.
	www.historylink102.com /greece2/theseus.htm (976 words)

	Pausanias, Description of Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		What he carved on the pediment is the fight between the Lapithae and the Centaurs at the marriage of Peirithous.
		In the center of the pediment is Peirithous.
		On one side of him is Eurytion, who has seized the wife of Peirithous, with Caeneus bringing help to Peirithous, and on the other side is Theseus defending himself against the Centaurs with an axe.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+5.10.2-4 (1031 words)

	Cognitive Dissonance » 2005 » January
		About 32 centuries ago, Theseus and his friend, Peirithous, in youthful high spirits decided one day that it would be very nice to take a couple of Zeus’s daughters as wives.
		I prefer to think that it was a handy spot in which to set up a school — not too close and not too far — that just happened to be named after the original owner.
		We should be grateful, perhaps, that the property wasn’t named after Peirithous or we’d all be involved in “The Peirithery.” Not only does it have more syllables, it’s a bear to try to spell correctly.
	www.durandus.com /blog/index.php?m=20050112 (1013 words)

	FictionPress.Com Story : In the Kingdom of Shadow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The sky flened with clouds of a storm, and the earth shook on it’s holding.
		Peirithous started to run after them, but before he reached them, the chariot turned on it’s hind heels and rode back into the hole.
		Peirithous stood, staring, as the flower garden disappeared, and the hole closed.
	www.fictionpress.com /read.php?storyid=1947198 (710 words)

	MythNET - Lapiths and Centaurs
		The pivotal event in the history of the Centaurs was their war with the Lapiths.
		King Peirithous of the Lapiths inherited part of Thessaly from his father Ixion.
		The Centaurs as grandsons of Ixion claimed they were entitled to part of the land.
	www.classicsunveiled.com /mythnet/html/pics16.html (96 words)

	Theseus and the Minotaur
		Theseus, along with his friend Peirithous, was able to abduct Helen from Sparta when she was only ten years old.
		In return for his help, Theseus agreed to assist Peirithous to try and court another of Zeus’s daughters Persephone, the queen of the underworld.
		Hercules was unable to release Peirithous, and he had to remain in the underworld.
	historylink102.com /greece2/theseus.htm (1003 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2001.06.19
		Dionysus is on his way to the underworld, and he asks advice from Heracles, who has been there before, when he went to rescue Theseus and Peirithous.
		Dobrov argues that the Peirithous story was originally treated as comic, and the main innovation in Euripides' play was to treat it seriously (p.
		In all three of these comedies, Aristophanes' contrafact is a systematic contradiction or counter-creation of the tragedy he has selected.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2001/2001-06-19.html (1878 words)

	Theseus
		There is also the story that Theseus and his friend Peirithous vowed to offer one another daughters of Zeus for wives.
		As a result, they both took part in the abduction of Helen in Sparta when she was not yet of marriageable age (that is, long before another abduction, by Paris this time, which led to the Trojan War).
		Then, he embarked with his friend Peirithous for Hades, in the hope of capturing Persephone, another of Zeus' daughters, for Peirithous.
	www.plato-dialogues.org /tools/char/theseus.htm (1622 words)

	Kairon Ltd - Name of the Centaur of Excellence for OLAP, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The pivotal event in the history of the centaurs was their war with the Lapiths.
		King Peirithous of the Lapiths inherited part of Thessaly from his father Ixion.
		The centaurs as grandsons of Ixion claimed they were entitled to part of the land.
	www.kairon.com /centaur.htm (270 words)

	Myth Man's Paris and Helen
		The great hero Theseus beheld the maiden when she was a mere twelve years of age and instantly fell in love with her.
		He and his pal Peirithous abducted Helen, brought her to Athens, and drew lots to see which one would marry her when she reached womanhood.
		When Helen became old enough to marry, Peirithous boldly announced that his chosen wife was Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.
	www.thanasis.com /mythman/mnov99.html (3020 words)

	Minyas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Minyas was also the title of an early Greek epic poem, probably dating to the 6th century B.C.E., which is now lost and whose author is unknown.
		The very few fragments that survive (available in Greek in Davies' and Bernabé's editions, and in Greek and English translation edited by M.L. West) seem to have nothing to do with Minyas or Orchomenus, however: they all concern the story of Theseus' and Peirithous' descent into the Underworld.
		This page was last modified 13:43, 22 June 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minyas (156 words)

	Pyramid: Suppressed Transmission: The Wedding Crasher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Peirithous didn't invite Eris to his wedding, but he did invite the Centaurs.
		Fortunately, Peirithous also invited his best friend, Theseus, who slew an immense number of Centaurs in the process of rescuing the bride.
		Of course, that started a lengthy war between the Centaurs and Peirithous' people, the Lapiths, which raged for years and wound up immortalized in marble on one side of the Parthenon.
	www.sjgames.com /pyramid/sample.html?id=5533 (347 words)

	About Helen of Troy
		Both the aging Theseus, king of Athens, and his friend Peirithous, king of Larissa, wanted to have sex with one of Zeus' daughters before they died.
		Theseus had accomplished his goal, so he left her and went with Peirithous to Hades to steal Persephone.
		The Athenians knew nothing of the outrage to their sister, but one Academus had knowledge of the facts and revealed the hiding place.
	www.english.uiuc.edu /maps/poets/g_l/hd/abouthelen.htm (4454 words)

	Herodotus= Setting Forth of the Persian Wars, 4
		Peirithous courted Hippodameia and entertained at dinner the Centaurs, since they were here kinsmen.
		When the bride was led in, they tried to rape her.
		But Peirithous, fully armed, with Theseus joined battle with the Centaurs, Theseus killed many of them (Apollodorus Epitome 1.21).
	www.msu.edu /~tyrrell/Amazons2.htm (2095 words)

	helen of troy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Helen was proclaimed to be the most beautiful of all mortal women and was abducted at a young age by Theseus and Peirithous, who drew straws to see who would marry her when she reached the proper age.
		Theseus won the draw and agreed that he would help Peirithous find an equal mate.
		While they were away, Helen was rescued by her brothers and taken back home.
	www.enjoy.org /hstech/thinkquest02/Mythology/Heroes/helen_of_troy.htm (414 words)

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