拉皮斯人

Also known as Lapiths, Lapithæ, Lapithae

thumb|250x250px|Metope from the Elgin Marbles depicting a [[centaur and a Lapith fighting]] The Lapiths (; , Lapithai, sing. ) were a group of legendary people in Greek mythology, who lived in Thessaly in the valley of the Pineios and on the mountain Pelion. They were believed to have descended from the mythical Lapithes, brother of Centaurus, with the two heroes giving their names to the races of the Lapiths and the centaurs respectively. The Lapiths are best known for their involvement in the Centauromachy (), a mythical fight that broke out between them and the centaurs during Pirithous and