ART EXPLOSION WEEK 43: Theme MYTHOLOGY = Centaur

Centaur fighting against a pencil (detail of the Parthenon).
In Greek mythology, the centaur (in Greek Κένταυρος Kentauros, 'matador de toros', 'one hundred strong', plural Κένταυρι Kentauri, in Latin Centaurus / Centauri) is a creature with the head, arms and torso of a human and the body and legs of a horse. The female versions are called centurides.1 2

They lived in the mountains of Thessaly and were considered children of Centaurus (the son of Ixion and Néfele) and some Magnesian mares, or of Apollo and Hebe.