PELETHRONIUM, (Nicander and Scholiast); a
town of Thessaly, situate in a flowery part of mount
Pelios; and hence the appellation throna, signifying
flowers. Pelethronii, the people, (Virgil); the Lapi-
thæ so called, who first broke horses. Lucan says
the Centaurs were natives of that place; to whom Vir-
gil assigns mount Othrys. Most authors, however,
ascribe the breaking of horses to the Centaurs. Some
make the Lapithæ and Centaurs the same; others a
different people; allowed however to be both of Thes-
saly. Their story is greatly involved in fable.