Classical Mythology

(^604) THE GREEK SAGAS: GREEK LOCAL LEGENDS
Deidamia and Eurytion. Marble group from the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus at
Olympia, ca. 460 B.c. The wife of Pirithoiis, Hippodamia (or Deidamia) fights off the
drunken centaur, Eurytion, at her wedding feast. This is the principal group to the
viewer's left of Apollo, the central figure (see p. 246). (Olympia, Museum.)