person
Hippodamia
also: Atracis
The Atracian bride at whose wedding the drunken Centaurs tried to carry off the women, sparking the battle of Lapiths and Centaurs.
Reading notes
- The Loves §1.4 Hippodamia
The Atracian (Thessalian) bride at whose wedding-feast the wine-maddened Centaurs attacked the women.
- The Art of Love §2.1 Hippodamia
Bride of Pelops, borne away on his victorious chariot.
- The Heroides §8 Hippodamia
Won by Pelops in the fatal chariot-race and carried off near the Isthmus; one of the abducted women of the line.
- The Heroides §16 Hippodamia
Won by Pelops in the chariot-race; another bride gained 'into Phrygian arms.'
- The Heroides §17 Hippodamia
The Lapith bride at whose wedding the battle with the Centaurs broke out; a war over a woman.