Lapiths
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The Lapiths were a group of legendary people in Greek mythology, who lived in Thessaly in the valley of the Pineios and on the mountain Pelion. They were believed to have descended from the mythical L
Metope from the Elgin Marbles depicting a centaur and a Lapith fighting
A centauromachy relief on an ancient Roman sarcophagus, c. 150 AD, Museo Archeologico Ostiense
Battle between a centaur and a Lapith, Parthenon south metopes
Centaur
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A centaur, occasionally hippocentaur, collectively called the Centaurs or the Ixionidae, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse that w
Lapiths
…believed to have descended from the mythical Lapithes, brother of Centaurus, with the two heroes giving their names to the races of the Lapiths and the centaurs respectively. The Lapiths are best known for their involvement in the Centauromachy (Ancient Greek: Κενταυρομαχία, romanized: Kentauromachía), a mythical…
Terracotta lekythos with centaur battling a warrior MET DP161810
Centauromachy, tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, c. 480 BC
Centaur in battle with a Lapith, on South Metope 31 of the Parthenon, c. 447–438 BC
Centaur carrying a boulder, Attic red-figured kylix, c. 510–500 BC