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In Greek mythology, the Centaurs (from Ancient Greek: Κένταυροι - Kéntauroi) are a race of creatures compose of part human and part horse. In early Attic vase-paintings, they are depicted as the torso of a human joined at the (human's) waist to the horse's withers, where the horse's neck would be.

Trivia about centaur

  • Nessus, one of these half-horse creatures, tried to abduct Hercules' wife; big mistake
  • One myth says that some of these, a hybrid of man & horse, were descended from the mares of Mount Pelion
  • This type of mythological creature is often shown drawing the chariot of Dionysus
  • A man/horse is this, of course, of course; Hercules shot one with a poisoned arrow
  • We're betting 2-1 you know Chiron was this type of mythological creature
  • The constellation Sagittarius is represented by this mythological creature
  • Nessus, one of these, half-horse half-man, was killed by Hercules after he tried to rape Hercules' wife
  • Chiron, one of these 4-legged mythical creatures, was good--he taught Jason & Achilles

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