Another version, however, makes them children of Centaurus, a man who mated with the Magnesian mares. Ixion seduced Nephele and from that relationship centaurs were created. As the story goes, Nephele was a cloud made into the likeness of Hera in a plot to trick Ixion into revealing his lust for Hera to Zeus. The centaurs were usually said to have been born of Ixion and Nephele. Mythology Centauromachy, tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, c. ![]() Another possible related etymology can be "bull-slayer". The etymology from ken + tauros, 'piercing bull', was a euhemerist suggestion in Palaephatus' rationalizing text on Greek mythology, On Incredible Tales (Περὶ ἀπίστων), which included mounted archers from a village called Nephele eliminating a herd of bulls that were the scourge of Ixion's kingdom. The Greek word kentauros is generally regarded as being of obscure origin. They remain a staple of modern fantastic literature. Centaurs are subsequently featured in Roman mythology, and were familiar figures in the medieval bestiary. ![]() In one version of the myth, the centaurs were named after Centaurus, and, through his brother Lapithes, were kin to the legendary tribe of the Lapiths.Ĭentaurs are thought of in many Greek myths as being as wild as untamed horses, and were said to have inhabited the region of Magnesia and Mount Pelion in Thessaly, the Foloi oak forest in Elis, and the Malean peninsula in southern Laconia. ![]() A centaur ( / ˈ s ɛ n t ɔːr, ˈ s ɛ n t ɑːr/ SEN-tor, SEN-tar Ancient Greek: κένταυρος, romanized: kéntauros Latin: centaurus), occasionally hippocentaur, also called Ixionidae ( Ancient Greek: Ιξιονίδαι, romanized: Ixionidai, "sons of Ixion"), is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse that was said to live in the mountains of Thessaly.
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