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Pirithous
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thumb|upright=1.2|Pirithous and Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous)|Hippodamia receiving the centaurs at his wedding. Antique fresco from Pompeii. thumb|"Pirithous' Kampf um Helena" by Joseph Echteler and [[Richard Brend'amour]]
Pirithous (; or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.