Pirithous

Now a duke name Pirithous came to visit his friend Theseus; who being also

The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

Patroclus as he did Orestes and Pylades, Theseus and Pirithous.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Pirithous, aided by Theseus, even attempted to snatch Proserpina from the God of the under-world.

Satyricon 2007

Theseus and Pirithous, [4576] they will live and die together, and prosecute one another with good turns.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

The warriors of the Sultana, holding in one hand the spear, the bow, and sheaf or musket, embraced with the other their respective friends, like so many models of Nisus and Euryalus, Theseus and Pirithous, Damon and Pythias, or Achilles and Patroclus, to whom they confidentially related their divers opinions upon my dress and colour.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

But as soon as they had viewed one another, each so admired the gracefulness and beauty, and was seized with such a respect for the courage, of the other, that they forgot all thoughts of fighting; and Pirithous, first stretching out his hand to Theseus, bade him be judge in this case himself, and promised to submit willingly to any penalty he should impose.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Now Hercules, passing by the Molossians, was entertained in his way by Aidoneus the king, who, in conversation, accidentally spoke of the journey of Theseus and Pirithous into his country, of what they had designed to do, and what they were forced to suffer.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

The celebrated friendship between Theseus and Pirithous is said to have been thus begun: the fame of the strength and valor of

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Such were the friendships of Hercules and Iolaus, of Theseus and Pirithous, of Orestes and Pylades; and though These may owe the greater part of their fame to the later epic or even dramatic poetry, the moral groundwork undoubtedly subsisted in the period to which the traditions are referred.

The Iliad of Homer 2003

Theseus being spread through Greece, Pirithous was desirous to make

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003