Hippodameia was the bride of Peirithous at the wedding feast where the centaur Eurytion's drunken assault provoked the great battle between Lapiths and centaurs. Homer names her mother of Polypoetes.
Atlas entry — Homer, Pausanias
I.Mythology
Pausanias describes the pediment at Athens showing Eurytion seizing the wife of Peirithous.
She is distinct from Hippodamia, bride of Pelops in the Pelopid saga.
AT A GLANCE
Greek nameHippodameia (Ἱπποδάμεια)
Roman nameHippodameia
Typemortal
Domainsbride of Peirithous · the Lapith wedding · mother of Polypoetes