单词 | lapith |
释义 | Lapithn. Greek Mythology. One of the Lapithæ, a people of Thessaly, celebrated for their wars with the Centaurs. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [noun] > person Hellene1482 Pelasgianc1487 Ionian1542 Minyan1566 Minyae1567 Thracian1569 Ionic1577 Hellenian1598 Lapith1607 Minoan1902 Keftian1903 Thraco-Phrygian1946 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 504 The fight betwixt the Lapithæ, and the Centaurs. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. C8 Amongst the woers of Penelope themselues, amongst the huge bolles of the Lapithæ. a1846 B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1927) iii. xvi. 308 Two complete subjects of combat,—viz. between the Centaurs and Lapithæ, and between the Amazons and Hellenians. 1874 Guide Græco-Roman Sculptures Dept. Greek & Roman Antiquities Brit. Mus. I. 57 One of the Centaurs..attacked by Lapiths while carrying off Greek women. 1883 A. S. Murray Hist. Greek Sculpt. II. 55 The Lapiths are youthful, beardless, slim, but firmly knit. 1886 Guide Exhib. Galleries Brit. Mus. 77 Sepulchral urn. On the front a Centaur carrying off a female Lapith. 1949 Oxf. 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. 1968 New Larousse Encycl. Mythol. (new ed.) 169/2 (caption) A Centaur struggles with a Lapith at the wedding feast of King Peirithous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607 |
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