Κένταυρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ (in <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Zeux.</span>4</span> also ἡ), <span class="title">Centaur</span>: <span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> in Ep., a savage race, dwelling between Pelion and Ossa, <span class="bibl">Il.11.832</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.21.295</span> sq. (opp. [[ἄνδρες]], ib.<span class="bibl">303</span>), <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>184</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>224</span> (perhaps in signf. ''ΙΙ''), <span class="bibl">Batr.171</span>: hence, [[brigands]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> later, monsters of double shape, <b class="b2">half-man and half-horse</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.44</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Insomn.</span>461b20</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.4.69</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">οὐ παρὰ Κενταύροισι</b> 'we don't live in fairyland', <span class="bibl">Telecl.45</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> the constellation <span class="title">Centaurus</span>, Eudox. ap.<span class="bibl">Hipparch.1.2.20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> = [[παιδεραστής]], from the brutal sensuality ascribed to the Centaurs, Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[the pudenda]], <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Com.89</span>.</span>