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  • But Theseus, who surpassed all the sons of Erechtheus, an unseen bond kept beneath the land of Taenarus, for he had followed that path with Peirithous; assuredly both would have lightened for all the fulfilment of their toil.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • Alcmaeon, son of Peirithous (otherwise unknown), lived in the Greek city of Croton on the instep of the boot of Italy.

    Alcmaeon Huffman, Carl 2008

  • Alcmaeon of Croton, son of Peirithous, said the following to Brotinus, Leon and Bathyllus ¦ (DK, B1)

    Alcmaeon Huffman, Carl 2008

  • Peirithous, with Hopleus, Exadius, Phalereus, and Prolochus, Mopsus the son of Ampyce of Titaresia, a scion of Ares, and Theseus, the son of Aegeus, like unto the deathless gods.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • And let us equally refuse to believe, or allow to be repeated, the tale of Theseus, son of Poseidon, or of Peirithous, son of

    The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

  • The amatory exploits of Peirithous and Theseus are equally unworthy.

    The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

  • But Theseus, who surpassed all the sons of Erechtheus, an unseen bond kept beneath the land of Taenarus, for he had followed that path with Peirithous; assuredly both would have lightened for all the fulfilment of their toil.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • Fragment #81 -- Apollonius, Hom. Lexicon: 'Aepytus again, begot Tlesenor and Peirithous.'

    Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod

  • Erechtheus, an unseen bond kept beneath the land of Taenarus, for he had followed that path with Peirithous; assuredly both would have lightened for all the fulfilment of their toil.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • So they came to Epirus, Theseus and Peirithous, and they entered the king's palace, and they heard the bay of the dread hound that was there to let no one out who had once come within the walls.

    The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum 1926

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