Lapiths

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The Lapiths are a legendary Thessalian tribe in Greek mythology best known for their battle against the centaurs during the wedding feast of their king Pirithous.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lapiths canonical 4
Lapithes 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figures in Greek mythology
legendary tribe
mythological people
appearsInWork Description of Greece
Iliad
linked to: Homer's Iliad

Library of Apollodorus
Metamorphoses
associatedWith Centaurs
Olympian gods
Pirithous
Theseus
contrastedWith Centaurs as symbols of barbarism
countryOfOrigin Thessaly
culture Ancient Greek
describedBySource Apollodorus
Diodorus Siculus
Homer
Ovid
Pausanias
enemyOf Centaurs
eponymousAncestor Lapithes
linked to: Lapiths
ethnicGroupInMythology Greek mythology
genre heroic myth
hasMember Caeneus
Coronus
Pirithous
Polypoetes
hasMythologicalAncestor Lapithes
linked to: Lapiths
hasMythologicalKing Coronus
Ixion
Pirithous
knownFor Centauromachy
battle with the Centaurs
wedding feast of Pirithous
language Greek (mythological context)
locatedIn Thessaly
mythologicalEvent Centauromachy at the wedding of Pirithous
linked to: Centauromachy
notableMyth attempt of Centaurs to abduct Lapith women
regionInMyth northern Thessaly
relatedGroup Achaeans (mythological Greeks)
linked to: Achaeans

Centaurs
Myrmidons
linked to: Myrmidon
representedInArt Parthenon metopes
Temple of Zeus at Olympia sculptures
classical Greek vase painting
symbolizes civilization
order
timeInMythology age of heroes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Centauromachy mainOpponents Lapiths
Pirithous associatedWith Lapiths
Pirithous allyInBattle Lapiths
Lapiths hasMythologicalAncestor Lapithes
linked to: Lapiths
Lapiths eponymousAncestor Lapithes
linked to: Lapiths