wedding feast of Pirithous

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episode in Greek mythology mythological event

The wedding feast of Pirithous is a famous event in Greek mythology where a battle erupted between the Lapiths and the centaurs after the latter attempted to abduct the bride and other women.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lapith–Centaur conflict at the wedding of Pirithous	1
wedding feast of Pirithous canonical	1
wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9708361 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: wedding feast of Pirithous
Context triple: [Lapiths, knownFor, wedding feast of Pirithous]

A. Agape feast
Agape feast is an early Christian communal meal centered on fellowship, charity, and shared love among believers.
B. Anthesteria
Anthesteria was an ancient Athenian festival of Dionysus celebrating the new wine, fertility, and the spirits of the dead over three days each spring.
C. Demeter festival
Demeter festival refers to any of the ancient Greek religious celebrations held in honor of the goddess Demeter, typically associated with agriculture, fertility, and the harvest.
D. Thesmophoria
Thesmophoria was an ancient Greek women-only fertility festival held in honor of the goddess Demeter, associated with agriculture, marriage, and the prosperity of the community.
E. wedding of Cadmus and Harmonia
The wedding of Cadmus and Harmonia is a famed event in Greek mythology celebrated by all the gods and marked by the gifting of the cursed necklace of Harmonia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: wedding feast of Pirithous
Target entity description: The wedding feast of Pirithous is a famous event in Greek mythology where a battle erupted between the Lapiths and the centaurs after the latter attempted to abduct the bride and other women.

A. Agape feast
Agape feast is an early Christian communal meal centered on fellowship, charity, and shared love among believers.
B. Anthesteria
Anthesteria was an ancient Athenian festival of Dionysus celebrating the new wine, fertility, and the spirits of the dead over three days each spring.
C. Demeter festival
Demeter festival refers to any of the ancient Greek religious celebrations held in honor of the goddess Demeter, typically associated with agriculture, fertility, and the harvest.
D. Thesmophoria
Thesmophoria was an ancient Greek women-only fertility festival held in honor of the goddess Demeter, associated with agriculture, marriage, and the prosperity of the community.
E. wedding of Cadmus and Harmonia
The wedding of Cadmus and Harmonia is a famed event in Greek mythology celebrated by all the gods and marked by the gifting of the cursed necklace of Harmonia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	episode in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological event ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	civilization versus barbarism ⓘ marriage disrupted by violence ⓘ order versus chaos ⓘ violation of xenia ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ linked to: Ancient Greek religion
depictedIn	Classical Greek sculpture ⓘ Greek vase painting ⓘ
describedAs	wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia ⓘ linked to: wedding feast of Pirithous
featuresCharacter	Eurytion the centaur ⓘ linked to: Eurytion Hippodamia ⓘ Pirithous ⓘ Theseus ⓘ
featuresGroup	Centaurs ⓘ Lapiths ⓘ
genre	heroic myth ⓘ
hasCause	attempted abduction of Hippodamia by centaurs ⓘ drunken violence of the centaurs ⓘ
hasConsequence	affirmation of Lapith superiority ⓘ defeat of many centaurs ⓘ separation of centaurs from human society ⓘ
hasLocation	Thessaly ⓘ land of the Lapiths ⓘ
hasMotif	attempted bride abduction ⓘ drunken guests at a wedding ⓘ heroic intervention at a feast ⓘ
hasParticipant	Centaurs ⓘ Hippodamia ⓘ Lapiths ⓘ Pirithous ⓘ Theseus ⓘ
hasSetting	banquet hall of Pirithous ⓘ
initiatedBy	marriage of Pirithous and Hippodamia ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Ancient Greek ⓘ
moralInterpretation	condemnation of sexual violence ⓘ warning against lack of self-control ⓘ
narrativeRole	example of the dangers of hubris and excess ⓘ origin of the Lapith–centaur conflict ⓘ
opposedBy	Lapith warriors ⓘ Theseus ⓘ
relatedTo	Theseus myths ⓘ myth of the Lapiths ⓘ myth of the centaurs ⓘ
relatedWork	centauromachy on the Parthenon metopes ⓘ
resultsIn	battle between Lapiths and centaurs ⓘ centauromachy ⓘ
timeInMythicCycle	age of heroes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Lapiths → knownFor → wedding feast of Pirithous ⓘ

wedding feast of Pirithous → describedAs → wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia ⓘ

linked to: wedding feast of Pirithous

Polypoetes → associatedWith → Lapith–Centaur conflict at the wedding of Pirithous ⓘ