- Information
- half-horse half-human beings
- Children of
- 👤 Centauros 👤 Ixion 👤 Nephele (m. of Centauros) 👥 the Magnesian Mares
- Descendant of
- 👤 Centauros
- Conceived at
- 🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly)
- Kills
- 👤 Caineus
- Dies at
- 🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia)
- Killed by
- 👤 Heracles
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of the Centaurs (Mt Taphiasos)
- Includes
- 👤 Agrios (Centaur) 👤 Anchios 👤 Arctos 👤 Asbolos 👤 Cheiron (Centaur) 👤 Dryalos 👤 Elatos (Centaur) 👤 Eurytion (Centaur) 👤 Hasbolos 👤 Hylaios (centaur I) 👤 Hylaios (centaur II) 👤 Melanchaites 👤 Mimas (Centaur)👤 Nessos 👤 Oreios 👤 Oroibios 👤 Oureios 👤 Perimedes (Centaur)👤 Petraios 👤 Peuceus 👤 Pholos (centaur I) 👤 Pholos (centaur II) 👤 Pylenor 👤 Pyrrhos (Centaur) 👤 Rhoicos (centaur)👤 Rhoitos 👤 Therandros
- Depictions
- 🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 the Acropolis of Athens (Athens)🌍 the Sanctuary of Theseus (Athens)🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 🏛️ the Temple of Hera (Olympia) 🏺 the Shield of Heracles💠 Painting of a Family of Centaurs by Zeuxis 💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Temple of Zeus (Olympia) 💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai) 🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Belly Amphora attributed to the Swing Painter (Logie Collection 41.57; Beazley 340567; LIMC Kaineus 68)🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Krater by Cleitias (Florence 4209; Beazley 300000; LIMC Antenor I 2)🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Lip Cup attributed to the Centaur Painter (Logie Collection 52.57; Beazley 350753; LIMC Kentauroi et Kentaurides 170)🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Tyrrhenian Neck Amphora attributed to the Kyllenios Painter (JECM GV59; Beazley 350271; LIMC Eurytion II 50)🖌️ Attic Black-Figure White-Ground Oinochoe attributed to the Group of the Athena Painter (Otago E29.7; Beazley 330779)🖌️ Attic Red-Figure Pelike (CAMU Δ 245)🖌️ Boiotian Black-Figure Kantharos (CAMU Δ 430)🖌️ Boiotian Black-Figure Kylix (CAMU Δ 932)🖌️ Fragment of Terracotta Relief Pithos (CAMU Δ 848)🖌️ Wall paintings from the House of Menander, Pompeii (P-LOD r1-i10-p4-space-11)🖌️ West Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (Olympia n/a; LIMC Apollon 914)
- Related Entities
- ⏳ the Wedding of Peirithous and Hippodameia🌍 Aithicia (Thessaly) 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia) 🌍 Eleusis (Attica) 🌍 Lapithe (Thessaly) 🌍 Larissa (Thessaly) 🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) 🌍 Mount Pholoe (Elis) 🌍 Mount Pindos (Thessaly) 🌍 River Anigros (Elis) 🌍 the Acropolis of Athens (Athens)🌍 the Sanctuary of Theseus (Athens)🏛️ the Cave of Pholos (Mt Pholoe) 🏛️ the Tomb of the Centaurs (Mt Taphiasos)🏺 the Bow of Heracles 🏺 the Poisoned Arrows of Heracles 🏺 the Shield of Heracles🏺 the Sword of Hephaistos 👤 Acastos 👤 Agrios (Centaur) 👤 Anchios 👤 Antimachos (Lapith) 👤 Apollo 👤 Arctos 👤 Asbolos 👤 Caineus 👤 Centauros 👤 Cheiron (Centaur) 👤 Dryalos 👤 Dryas (Lapith) 👤 Elatos (Centaur) 👤 Eurytion (Centaur) 👤 Exadios 👤 Hasbolos 👤 Heracles 👤 Hippodameia (w. of Peirithous) 👤 Hopleus (Lapith)👤 Hylaios (centaur I) 👤 Hylaios (centaur II) 👤 Ixion 👤 Melanchaites 👤 Mimas (Centaur)👤 Mopsos (Argonaut) 👤 Nephele (m. of Centauros) 👤 Nessos 👤 Nestor 👤 Oreios 👤 Oroibios 👤 Oureios 👤 Peirithous (Lapith) 👤 Peleus 👤 Perimedes (Centaur)👤 Petraios 👤 Peuceus 👤 Phaleros (Argonaut) 👤 Pholos (centaur I) 👤 Pholos (centaur II) 👤 Polyphemos (Argonaut) 👤 Polypoites (Thessalian) 👤 Poseidon 👤 Prolochos 👤 Pylenor 👤 Pyrrhos (Centaur) 👤 Rhoicos (centaur)👤 Rhoitos 👤 Therandros 👤 Theseus 👤 Zeus 👤 the Chimaira 👤 the Hydra 👥 the Gorgons👥 the Lapiths 👥 the Magnesian Mares 💠 Painting of a Family of Centaurs by Zeuxis 💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Temple of Zeus (Olympia) 💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai)
- Appears in
- 📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.21📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.21-1.22📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.22📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.2.4📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.4📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.13.3📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.9.2📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.263📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.264📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.268📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.740📜 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 5📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 150 Most📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 178-190📜 Homer, Iliad 1.260-1.272📜 Homer, Iliad 2.738-2.747📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 11.3-11.4 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the Sects 72📜 Lucian, The Dance 48📜 Lucian, The Runaways 10📜 Lucian, To One Who Said, "You're a Prometheus in Words" 5📜 Lucian, Zeuxis or Antiochus 3-7📜 Ovid, Amores 1.4📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 1📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 10📜 Pausanias 1.17.2📜 Pausanias 1.28.2📜 Pausanias 3.18.10📜 Pausanias 3.18.16📜 Pausanias 5.10.8📜 Pausanias 5.19.7-5.19.10📜 Pausanias 5.5.10📜 Peisandros, Heracleia fr. 9 West📜 Pindar, Nemean 3 43-63📜 Pindar, Pythian 2 21-48📜 Pindar fr. 128f Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 166 Snell-Maehler📜 Plutarch, Theseus 29.3📜 Plutarch, Theseus 30.3-30.5📜 Strabo 8.3.19📜 Strabo 9.5.10-9.5.14📜 Strabo 9.5.19-9.5.20📜 Vergil, Georgics 2.454-2.458
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadHeracleitos, On Unbelievable StoriesHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHomer, IliadLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the SectsLucian, The DanceLucian, The RunawaysLucian, To One Who Said, "You're a Prometheus in Words"Lucian, Zeuxis or AntiochusOvid, AmoresPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPeisandros, HeracleiaPindar, Nemean 3Pindar, Pythian 2PindarPlutarch, TheseusStraboVergil, Georgics