Centaur - in ancient sources @ attalus.org

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Centaur - a hybrid creature, part human and part horse
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Aelian:NA_17.9 doubted that the race of Centaurs once existed, and that
Alcaeus_11.12 3 } & "Wine slew the Centaur" too, Epicrates, & not
Athen_6.240 Timocles, in his Centaur, or Dexamenus, says - & Calling
Athen_11.462 Titans and Giants nor of Centaurs, the fictions of men aforetime,
Athen_11.476 for example, says of the Centaurs : "And when the Pheres
Athen_11.499 in the cave of the Centaur Pholus a skyphion depas, equivalent
Athen_13.606 and the cock was nicknamed the Centaur. But this Secundus
Athen_13.608 spring. And in his Centaur, which is a drama composed in
Athen_14.613 rung: & Boundless the Centaur raged, till one and all
Athen_14.629 by Aristophanes in his Centaur, and by several other poe
Callim:Epigr_62 was the undoing of the Centaur? " 'Twas the destined sle
Cic:Pis_22 of banquet of Lapiths and Centaurs ; and in it none
Cic:Tusc_1.90 no difference between a Hippocentaur, which never had existence,
Cic:Tusc_2.20 Never could the Centaur such a blow enforce,
Demetr:Eloc_187 as when a writer speaks of `a Centaur riding himself' (Sc
DiogLaert_7.53 take in the idea of a Centaur; opposition, when we turn
Euseb]:Chron_185 the Argonauts and the Centaurs occurred in his reign;
Nicand:Th_500 bears the name of the Centaur son of Cronus, and Chiron
Nicarch_11.1 the death even of the Centaurs." & Would it had been
Oros_1.13 Thessalians were themselves centaurs because, when their
Plin:HN_7.202 by the Thessalians called Centaurs, who dwelt along Mount
Plin:HN_33.155 some goblets engraved with Centaurs and Bacchants by Acragas
Plin:HN_36.18 depicted Combats of Lapiths and Centaurs. So truly did every detail
Plin:HN_36.33 In it are the 'Centaurs Carrying Nymphs' by Arcesilas,
Polyaen_1.3.1 to remove the race of Centaurs from Pelion, but he was
PsCallisth_1.21 of the Lapiths and the Centaurs, and the things that hap

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