What is a centaur made up of?
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half human, half horse
The centaur has the body of a horse from which rises the upper body of a human.
💡 Did you know? Some suspect the image arose when peoples first saw riders on horseback.
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How were most centaurs regarded?
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as wild and given to drink
Most centaurs were seen as coarse, unbridled and addicted to wine.
💡 Did you know? At the wedding of Pirithous, drunken centaurs started a famous bloody battle.
Which centaur was wise and a teacher of heroes?
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Chiron
Chiron was a learned, kindly centaur and teacher of heroes such as Achilles and Heracles.
💡 Did you know? Struck incurably by a poisoned arrow, he gave up his immortality and became a constellation.
As which constellation does Chiron live on?
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as Sagittarius or Centaurus
Chiron was set among the stars: often associated with Sagittarius.
💡 Did you know? In modern fantasy too, centaurs are a fixed type as wise archers.
From which mythology does the centaur come?
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from the Greek
The centaur is a being of Greek myth, at home in the mountains of Thessaly.
💡 Did you know? It embodies the conflict between human reason and animal wildness.
At which feast did the famous battle of the centaurs occur?
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at the Lapiths' wedding
Drunken centaurs assaulted the women of the Lapiths at a wedding: a bloody battle ensued.
💡 Did you know? This „Centauromachy“ even adorned the Parthenon temple in Athens.
From whom did the centaurs spring according to legend?
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Ixion and a cloud
Zeus shaped the cloud Nephele as a phantom of Hera.
💡 Did you know? Ixion atones for it in Tartarus on the wheel of fire.
Which famous heroes did wise Chiron educate?
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Achilles and Asclepius
Jason too was among his pupils.
💡 Did you know? Asclepius learned the healing arts from him.
How did Chiron find an end after Heracles' poisoned arrow?
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he gave up his immortality
Incurably wounded by Heracles' poisoned arrow.
💡 Did you know? In favour of Prometheus, so the tale goes.
Where do the centaurs live in Harry Potter?
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in the Forbidden Forest
Star-reading archers like Firenze.
💡 Did you know? Rowling draws on Chiron's tradition of wisdom.
Where does the Parthenon show the centaur battle in marble?
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on its metopes
Lapiths against centaurs, panel by panel.
💡 Did you know? Many of them stand in the British Museum today.
What drove the centaurs wild at the Lapith wedding?
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the wine
Unwatered wine was too strong for them.
💡 Did you know? The battle became a symbol: civilisation against savagery.
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