![]() EURYTION (Pausanias 5.10.8, Athenaeus 1.10e) PETRAIOS, ASBOLOS, ARKTOS, OUREIOS, MIMAS, PEUKEUS and his sons PERIMEDES & DRYALOS (Hesiod Shield of Herakles 178) KENTAUROS & THE MAGNESIAN MARES (Pindar Pythian Ode 2, Philostratus the Elder 2.3) NAMES IXION & NEPHELE (Apollodorus E1.20, Diodorus Siculus 4.69.4, Hyginus Fabulae 62, Ovid Metamorphoses 12.112, Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.20) It had the facial features of a normal man or, sometimes, the snub nose and pointed ears of a Satyros (Satyr). The Kentauros was depicted as a hybrid creature with the upper body of a man-from the head down to the waist-with the body and legs of a horse. Another tribe of bull-horned Kentauroi were native to the island of Kypros (Cyprus).įemale Kentauroi, Kentaurides (Centaurides), were also known but only occur in late classical art and literature. In the battle which ensued most of the Kentauroi were destroyed.Īnother tribe of Kentauroi (Centaurs) dwelt in the western Peloponnese where they came into conflict with the hero Herakles. The Kentauroi were invited to attend the wedding of their half-brother Peirithoos (Pirithous) but became drunk at the festivities and attempted to carry off the bride and other female guests. ![]() She deposited her double-formed brood on Mount Pelion where they were nursed by the daughters of the immortal kentauros Kheiron (Chiron). were spawned by the cloud-nymph Nephele after she was violated by the impious Lapith king Ixion. The Kentauroi were spawned by the cloud-nymphe Nephele after she was violated by the impious Lapith king Ixion. They were a primitive race who made their homes in caves, hunted wild animals for food and armed themselves with rocks and tree branches. THE KENTAUROI (Centaurs) were a tribe of half-man, half-horse savages who inhabited the mountains and forests of Thessalian Magnesia. Bull-Slayer? ( tauros) Centaur, Greco-Roman mosaic from the Palace of Hadrian C2nd A.D., Altes Museum
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