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centaure
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créature de la mythologie, mi-homme, mi-cheval
A centaur is a creature from Greek mythology with a human upper body and a horse's lower body and legs, said to inhabit the mountains of Thessaly. According to one version of the myth, centaurs were named after a figure called Centaurus and were related through his brother Lapithes to the legendary Lapith tribe.
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Key facts
- Mythical creature.name
- Centaur
- Mythical creature.image
- File:Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) with centaur battling a warrior MET DP161810.jpg
- Mythical creature.image_upright
- 1.2
- Mythical creature.caption
- Centaur in battle, on an Attic terracotta lekythos, c. 575–550 BC
- Mythical creature.Grouping
- Legendary creature
- Mythical creature.Sub_Grouping
- Hybrid
- Mythical creature.AKA
- Kentaur, Centaurus, Sagittary
- Mythical creature.Similar_entities
- Minotaur, satyr, harpy
- Mythical creature.Folklore
- Greek
- Mythical creature.Region
- Greece, Cyprus
- Mythical creature.Habitat
- Land
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- horse
- Image
- (Rabastens) 'Centaure à la massue' par Giovanni Leonardi.jpg
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- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Centaurs
- topic's main category
- Category:Centaurs
- different from
- centaur
- name in native language
- Κένταυρος
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- P8168
- Mike Kluge
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Article · Français
Dans la mythologie grecque, un centaure (en grec ancien Κένταυρος / Kéntauros) est une créature mi-homme, mi-cheval (homme-cheval), que l'on disait issue soit d'Ixion et de Néphélé, soit de Centauros et des juments de Magnésie. Le plus célèbre des centaures est Chiron, immortel et chargé de former les jeunes héros.
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