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Definition of Centauromachy

Centauromachy
Centauromachy Cen`tau*rom"a*chy, n. [Gr. ?; ? centaur + ? battle.] (Ancient Art) A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes.

Meaning of Centauromachy from wikipedia

- respectively. The Lapiths are best known for their involvement in the Centauromachy (Ancient Gr****: Κενταυρομαχία, romanized: Kentauromachía), a mythical...
- transformed by Poseidon into an invulnerable man. Caeneus parti****ted in the Centauromachy, where he met his demise at the hands of the Centaurs by being pounded...
- at the Centauromachy. Asbolus: a centaur seer who read omens in the flight of birds. Bienor: one of the centaurs who fought at the Centauromachy. Centaurus:...
- myth, would have been cousins to the centaurs. The battle, called the Centauromachy, was caused by the centaurs' attempt to carry off Hippodamia and the...
- Triptolemus Eleusinian Mysteries Pelops Ancient Olympic Games Pirithous Centauromachy Amphitryon Teumessian fox Narcissus Meleager Calydonian boar hunt Otrera...
- centaur Eurytion or Eurytus. The Lapiths won the ensuing battle, the Centauromachy, a favorite motif of Gr**** art. Hippodamia died shortly after Polypoetes'...
- Triptolemus Eleusinian Mysteries Pelops Ancient Olympic Games Pirithous Centauromachy Amphitryon Teumessian fox Narcissus Meleager Calydonian boar hunt Otrera...
- Centauromachy with Theseus and the Lapiths. The god Apollo is featured on the western pediment pointing towards the human side in the Centauromachy,...
- clasping to an altar as she is prised away by a Gr****, BM 535:4. The Centauromachy covers seven slabs along the east and four slabs of the north side of...
- Triptolemus Eleusinian Mysteries Pelops Ancient Olympic Games Pirithous Centauromachy Amphitryon Teumessian fox Narcissus Meleager Calydonian boar hunt Otrera...