Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
the Fifth Sunday of Lent
the Fifth Sunday of Lent
There are 14 days til Easter!
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Encyclopedias
Pirithous
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
King of the Lapithæ and friend of Theseus, on the occasion of whose marriage an intoxicated Centaur ran off with his bride Hippodamia, which gave rise to the famous fight between the Centaurs and the Lapithæ, in which Theseus assisted, and the former were defeated; on the death of Hippodamia, Pirithous ran off with Persephone and Theseus with Helen, for which both had to answer in the lower world before Pluto; Hercules delivered the latter, but Pluto would not release the former.
Copyright Statement
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pirithous'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/pirithous.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pirithous'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/pirithous.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
