Lapiths

In Greek mythology, a people of the mountains of Thessaly, northern Greece, often represented in Greek art fighting with their neighbours, the centaurs (creatures half man, half horse), at the wedding of their king, Pirithous.

After the creatures tried to abduct the bride, Hippodamia, and other female guests, the Lapiths, led by the hero Theseus, ousted them from their home on Mount Pelion and drove them to Pindus on the borders of Epirus.

In the Parthenon, Athens, the battle was portrayed on some of the metopes (slabs forming part of a Doric frieze).