Hippodamia

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Hippodamia is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the bride of Pirithous whose wedding feast sparked the famous battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs.

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Hippodamia canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Deidameia (in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Centaurs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lapiths NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pirithous’s friendship with Theseus ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
ethnicity Lapith NERFINISHED ⓘ
event Centauromachy NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre Greek mythology ⓘ
hasFather Adrastus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atrax NERFINISHED ⓘ
Butes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oenomaus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHusband Pirithous NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMother Hippodameia’s mother is variously given in different traditions ⓘ
hasMythType heroine ⓘ
hasNameMeaning “she who masters horses” ⓘ
knownFor marriage to Pirithous ⓘ
wedding feast that sparked the battle between Lapiths and Centaurs ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedIn Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus’s Bibliotheca historica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ovid’s Metamorphoses NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pausanias’s Description of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalLocation Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent battle between Lapiths and Centaurs ⓘ
wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia ⓘ
roleInMyth bride whose wedding triggers the Centauromachy ⓘ
spouse Pirithous NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod mythic age of heroes ⓘ
victimOf attempted abduction by Centaurs ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Pirithous → spouse → Hippodamia ⓘ
Oenomaus → fatherOf → Hippodamia ⓘ