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Lapith Gr. Mythol.|ˈlæpɪθ|
Pl. Lapithæ, Lapiths.
[f. L. Lapithæ, ad. Gr. λαπίθαι.]
One of the Lapithæ, a people of Thessaly, celebrated for their wars with the Centaurs.
1607Topsell Foure-f. Beasts 504 The fight betwixt the Lapithæ and the Centaurs. 1611Coryat Crudities sig. C8 Amongst the woers of Penelope themselues, amongst the huge bolles of the Lapithæ. a1846[see Hellenian n.]. 1874Guide Græco-Roman Sculptures Dept. Greek & Roman Antiquities Brit. Mus. I. 57 One of the Centaurs..attacked by Lapiths while carrying off Greek women. 1883A. S. Murray Hist. Greek Sculpture II. 55 The Lapiths are youthful, beardless, slim, but firmly knit. 1886Guide Exhib. Galleries Brit. Mus. 77 Sepulchral urn. On the front a Centaur carrying off a female Lapith. 1949Oxf. Classical Dict. 179/2 The fight [sc. of the Centaurs] with the Lapiths occurs on the famous François vase and in sculpture on the pediment of the temple of Zeus in Olympia. 1968New Larousse Encycl. Mythol. (new ed.) 169/2 (caption) A Centaur struggles with a Lapith at the wedding feast of King Peirithous. |