Editing Lapiths (section)

{{Short description|Legendary people in Greek mythology}}
{{About|the mythical tribe|the eponymous hero|Lapithes (hero)}}
[[File:The Parthenon sculptures, British Museum (14063376069) (2) (cropped).jpg|thumb|250x250px|Metope from the [[Elgin Marbles]] depicting a [[Centaur]] and a Lapith fighting.]]
The '''Lapiths''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|æ|p|ᵻ|θ|s}}; {{langx|grc|Λαπίθαι}}, ''Lapithai'', <small>[[Grammatical number|sing]].</small> Λαπίθης) were a group of legendary people in [[Greek mythology]], who lived in [[Thessaly]] in the valley of the [[Pineios (Thessaly)|Pineios]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=[[Diodorus Siculus]] |title=[[Bibliotheca historica]] |at=iv.69.2 |quote=Lapithes made his home about the Peneius river}}</ref> and on the mountain [[Pelion]]. They were believed to have descended from the mythical [[Lapithes (hero)|Lapithes]], brother of [[Centaurus (Greek mythology)|Centaurus]], with the two heroes giving their names to the races of the Lapiths and the [[Centaur|Centaurs]] respectively. The Lapiths are best known for their involvement in the ''Centauromachy'' ({{langx|grc|Κενταυρομαχία|Kentauromachía}}), a mythical fight that broke out between them and the Centaurs during [[Pirithous]] and [[Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous)|Hippodamia]]'s wedding.