The Centaurs attacked the Lapiths at Pirithous's wedding to Hippodamia, driven to frenzy by wine and attempting to carry off the women. Theseus fought alongside his friend Pirithous and the Lapiths to drive them off in the bloody Centauromachy.
Ixion ruled as king of the Lapiths, the Thessalian warrior tribe that inhabited the region around Mount Pelion.
Pirithous ruled the Lapiths as their king, succeeding his father Ixion. Under his leadership the Lapiths fought and defeated the Centaurs at his wedding feast.
The Lapiths, the legendary Thessalian tribe, counted among their members King Hypseus, his daughter Cyrene, and the invulnerable warrior Caeneus.
Peneus's son Hypseus became king of the Lapiths, linking the Thessalian river god to the warrior tribe that inhabited the region around his waters.
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