Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous)

In Greek mythology, Hippodamia (pronounced: /ˌhɪpədəˈmaɪ.ə/; Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια, from ἵππος hippos "horse" and δαμάζειν damazein "to tame"; also known as Deidamia pronounced: /ˌdaɪdəˈmaɪ.ə/; Ancient Greek: Δηιδάμεια),Plutarch, Parallel lives: Theseus, 30. 3 Laodamia pronounced: /ˌleɪ.ədəˈmaɪ.ə/,In a vase painting: Archäologische Zeitung 29. 159 Hippoboteia pronounced: /ˌhɪpəbəˈtaɪ.ə/,Scholia on Iliad, 1. 263 Dia pronounced: /ˈdaɪ.ə/Scholia on Shield of Heracles, 187 or Ischomache pronounced: /ɨˈskɒməki/Propertius, Elegies, 2. 2. 9), daughter of AtraxOvid, Heroides, 17. 248 or Butes,Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 70. 3 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 in a battle known as the Centauromachy.Homer, Odyssey, 11. 630Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12. 224 ffPausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 10. 8 With Pirithous, she mothered Polypoetes,Homer, Iliad, 2. 740 but died shortly after her son's birth.Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 63. 1
The abduction of Hippodamia was not an uncommon subject of Western art in the classical tradition, including the sculpture The Abduction of Hippodameia by French artist Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse and a painting by Rubens.
thumb|Hippodamia greeted by a seemingly genteel Centaur in a wall painting from Pompeii.
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