That abortive abduction was aided by his constant companion, whose exploits included killing the Marathonian bull, stealing Helen and killing the Minotaur.
This figure's son, Polyphoites, buried Calchas and commanded Thessalian forces during the Trojan War and his sister, Phisidiae, was given to Helen as a servant. This mythological figure was imprisoned in a place known as Cichyrus, after his failed attack on the kingdom of Thesprotia. Thought by some to a child of Ixion, this son of Dia married a granddaughter of Boreas and daughter of Butes, Hippodamia. Heracles tried but failed to free this king of the Lapiths from his imprisonment in Hades, which was brought about when this figure attempted to abduct Persephone. That abortive abduction was aided by his constant companion, whose exploits included killing the Marathonian bull, stealing Helen and killing the Minotaur. For ten points, name this trickster and best bud of Theseus.
This figure's son, Polyphoites, buried Calchas and commanded Thessalian forces during the Trojan War and his sister, Phisidiae, was given to Helen as a servant.
{Pirithous}