the centauromachy

• who were the Lapiths


  tribe of men that lived in Thessaly, ruled by ixion
• where did the Centauromachy take place

  at the wedding of the Lapith king Pirithous, son of Ixion
• what does this story represent

  civilised vs barbarism
• what does this story symbolise

  the war between the persians and the greeks