Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...

, Charaxus () was one of the

Lapiths The Lapiths (; , ''Lapithai'', Grammatical number, sing. Λαπίθης) were a group of legendary people in Greek mythology, who lived in Thessaly in the valley of the Pineios (Thessaly), Pineios and on the mountain Pelion. They were believed to ...

who attended the wedding of their king

Pirithous 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. Biography Pirithous was a son of "heavenly" Dia, fathered either ...

and Hippodamia.

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During the fight caused by the

centaur A centaur ( ; ; ), occasionally hippocentaur, also called Ixionidae (), is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse that was said to live in the mountains of Thessaly. In one version o ...

s' attempt to rape the bride, Charaxus was killed by the centaur

Rhoetus Rhoetus was a character mentioned by Ovid in Book V of his mock-epic ''Metamorphoses''. After Perseus rescues Andromeda (mythology), Andromeda from the sea monster, her betrothed Phineus (son of Belus), Phineus, brother of her father, attacks Per ...

but the former accidentally slain his friend

Cometes Cometes (Ancient Greek: Κομήτης) may refer to the following figures in Greek mythology: * Cometes, son of Thestius and brother of Prothous and Althaea (mythology), Althaea. *Cometes, the Peirasian father of Asterion, Asterius, one of the ...

instead.Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.271-289 This was recounted in the following excerpt:

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