 | sir William Smith - 1850 - 858 էջ
...was a national custom in Thessaly, and that the Thessalians were celebrated riders. Hence may hare arisen the fable that the Centaurs were half-men and...body is that of a horse with its 4 feet and tail. Centritas (KeirpfTijj : Bedlii), a small river of Armenia, which it divided from the hind of the Carduchi,... | |
 | William Smith - 1850 - 1076 էջ
...the Americans, when they first saw a Spaniard on horseback, believed horse aud man to be one beiog. The Centaurs were frequently represented in ancient...remainder of the body is that of a horse with its four feet and tail. [CKNTIJIANI ('E/taroy^etpej-), " the hundredlauded," the three giants Coitus, -iBgaaon... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1855 - 508 էջ
...And witch the world with noble horsemanship." Chiron. THE CENTAURS. These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins while the remainder of the body was that of a horse. The ancients were too fond of a horse to consider the union of his nature with... | |
 | William Smith - 1871 - 1074 էջ
...half horses, just as the Americans, when they first saw a Spaniard on horseback, believed horse aud man to be one being. The Centaurs were frequently...remainder of the body is that of a horse with its four feet and tail. [CENTIMÄNI ('Exoróy^eipcf), " the hundredlanded," the three giauts Cottus, yEgscou... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1874 - 340 էջ
...This constellation is named in honor of Chiron, one of the centaurs. These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse — of which animal the ancients had so high an opinion that this union was not... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1874 - 424 էջ
...This constellation is named in honor of Chiron, one of the centaurs. These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse — of which animal the ancients had so high an opinion that this union was not... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1876 - 348 էջ
...This constellation is named in honor of Chiron, one of the centaurs. These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse — of which animal the ancients had so high an opinion that this union was not... | |
 | William Smith - 1877 - 536 էջ
...have arisen the fable that the Centaurs were half men and half horses, just as the American Indians, when they first saw a Spaniard on horseback, believed horse and man to be one being. The Centaurs are frequently represented in ancient works of art, and generally as men from the head to the loins,... | |
 | William Smith - 1878 - 1084 էջ
...Americans, when they first saw a Spaniard on horseback, believed horse aud man to be one being. The Centnurs were frequently represented in ancient works of art,...remainder of the body is that of a horse with its four feet and tnil, [CESTIJIANI ('Е/(аго)-д-я/)е-£-), " the hundredsanded," the three giants... | |
 | William Smith - 1884 - 586 էջ
...when they first saw a Spaniard on horseback, believed horse and man to be one being. The Centaurs are frequently represented in ancient works of art, and...loins, while the remainder of the body is that of a hone, with its four fe«l and tail. Ctntanr. (Metope from the Parthenon.) a CENTRTTES, a small river... | |
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THE CENTAURS These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse. The ancients... 
