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Female centaurs flanking Venus (Mosaic from Roman Tunisia, 2nd century AD) A British family named Lambert used a female centaur holding a rose in her left hand as a heraldic device, and depicted this figure in their monuments. However, they were unable to establish official authority for these arms, and in the eighteenth century changed them to ...
Centaurs based on the mythical creatures appear throughout the editions of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game as a monster or a playable race, with variants in different campaign settings. [4] [5] [6] Centaurs are common characters in the Shining series of games by SEGA. Dora is a female centaur in Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder.
A Centaur's Life, known in Japan as Centaur's Worries (Japanese: セントールの悩み, Hepburn: Sentōru no Nayami), is a Japanese slice of life comedy manga series by Kei Murayama. [2] [1] The series has been serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Comic Ryū magazine since February 2011, and is published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.
Caeneus' participation in the Centauromachy—the battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs at the wedding feast of Pirithous—seems to be the earliest story told about Caeneus. His transformation and other stories are likely later elaborations. [20] Caeneus fought in the Centauromachy, where most accounts say he met his demise.
The most famous story containing Deianira concerns the Shirt of Nessus. A wild centaur named Nessus attempted to kidnap or rape Deianira as he was ferrying her across the river Euenos, but she was rescued by Heracles, who shot the centaur with an arrow laced with the venom of the Hydra. As he lay dying, Nessus persuaded Deianira to take a ...
The centaurs were usually said to have been born of Ixion and Nephele. [6] 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. Ixion seduced Nephele and from that relationship centaurs were created. [7]
The centaur lovers' episodic digression and their "ideally mutual relationship", [1] within Nestor's narration of the Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs in Metamorphosis 12. Ovid alludes to two didactic poems, Lucretius ' " De Rerum Natura " and Ovid's own "Ars Amatoria III".
Nessus is known for his famous role in the story of the Tunic of Nessus. After carrying Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, across the river, he attempted to have intercourse with her. Heracles saw this from across the river and shot a Hydra-poisoned arrow into Nessus's breast. As he lay dying, as a final act of malice, Nessus told Deianeira that ...