The Centaurs

Reading notes

• The Loves §1.4 two-natured men

  The Centaurs, half man and half horse, whose drunken assault at the wedding the jealous poet half-understands.

• The Heroides §2 two-formed creatures

  The Centaurs, half man and half horse, routed in the battle in which Theseus helped the Lapiths.

• The Heroides §9 the mounted host of double form

  The Centaurs, half man and half horse, driven from the Thessalian heights by Hercules.

• The Heroides §17 the Centaurs

  The half-horse creatures who fought the Lapiths over the bride Hippodamia.

• The Festivals §5.3 twice seven stars

  The Centaurs, half-man, half-horse; Chiron, set among the stars, was the wisest of them.

• Metamorphoses §9.248 Centaurs

  The wild horse-men of Thessaly, several of whom Hercules killed.