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Pirithous
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thumb|upright=1.2|Pirithous and Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous)|Hippodamia receiving the centaurs at his wedding. Antique fresco from Pompeii. thumb|"Pirithous' Kampf um Helena" by Joseph Echteler and [[Richard Brend'amour]]
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- Biography
- Early years
- Centauromachy
- Punishment in the Underworld
- Rescue
- Gallery
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|upright=1.2|Pirithous and Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous)|Hippodamia receiving the centaurs at his wedding. Antique fresco from Pompeii. thumb|"Pirithous' Kampf um Helena" by Joseph Echteler and [[Richard Brend'amour]]
Pirithous (; or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pirithous” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.