The centaurs were guests at the party, but they got drunk and tried to abduct the women, including Hippodamia who was carried off by the intoxicated centaur Eurytion or Eurytus. The Lapiths won the ensuing battle, the Centauromachy, a favorite motif of Greek art.

Punishment in the Underworld

Hippodamia died shortly after Polypoetes' birth, after which Pirithous went to visit Theseus at

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