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Centauromachy, tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, ca. 480 BC

In Greek mythology, a centaur (from , Kéntauros) or hippocentaur is a member of a composite race of creatures, part human and part horse. In early Attic and Boeotian vase-paintings (see below), they are depicted with the hindquarters of a horse attached to them; in later renderings centaurs are given the torso of a human joined at the waist to the horse's withers, where the horse's neck would be.

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• Related: Chiron, Furietti Centaurs, Hippocamp, Hybrid (mythology), Legendary creature, Minotaur, Onocentaur, Satyr

Theoi Project on Centaurs Theoi Project on Centaurs www.theoi.com/Georgikos/KentauroiThessalioi.html - Web

Centaurides Centaurides theoi.com/Georgikos/Kentaurides.html - Web

MythWeb MythWeb www.mythweb.com/encyc/entries/centaurs.html - Web

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Harry Potter Lexicon Harry Potter Lexicon www.hp-lexicon.org/bestiary/bestiary_c.html#centaurs - Web

Erich Kissing's centaurs Erich Kissing's centaurs www.erich-kissing.de/kentaure.htm - Web

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