Lapiths (plural: Lapithae) Greek Mythical people of Thessaly, in north-central Greece.
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Lapiths (plural: Lapithae) Greek Mythical people of Thessaly, in north-central Greece. Their king, Ixion, fathered with Nephele (a cloud that Zeus had formed in the likeness of Hera) the half-human, half-horse creatures called Centaurs. Pirithoüs, half-brother of the Centaurs, became the ruler of the Lapiths.
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- Ixion Greek King of the Lapiths in Thessaly, the largest ancient region of north-central Greece.
- Pirithoüs Greek Son of Zeus and Dia, the wife of Ixion; king of the Lapiths, a mythical people inhabiting the mountains of Thessaly; friend of the hero Theseus.
- Parnassus Greek A mountain in south-central Greece, a few miles north of the Gulf of Corinth which separates mainland Greece from the Peloponnesus.
- Midas Greek A mythical king of Phrygia, an ancient region of central Asia Minor; son of the goddess Cybele and Gordius, from whom he inherited the throne.
- Myrmidons Greek Warlike people of ancient Thessaly, in the eastern part of the Greek mainland, who accompanied the hero Achilles into battle in the Trojan War.