Abas 4.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding, fought against the LAPITHS and fled.
Ov.Met.12.306
Agrius 1.
Was repelled by Heracles 1 in a fight.
Apd.2.5.4.
Amphion 4.
Tried to plunder Pholus 1 of his wine and was killed by Heracles 1.
Dio.4.12.7.
Amycus 2.
Son of Ophion 2 (see below). He attended Pirithous' wedding and
fought against the LAPITHS. Was killed by Pelates 1.
Ov.Met.12.245.
Anchius.
Another Centaur, repelled by Heracles 1 when he
tried to steal the wine of Pholus 1.
Apd.2.5.4.
Antimachus 4.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding, fought in the battle against the LAPITHS and was killed by Caeneus 1.
Ov.Met.12.459.
Aphareus 2.
Was killed by Theseus in the fight at Pirithous' wedding.
Ov.Met.12.341.
Aphidas 2.
Was killed by Phorbas 2 in the fight at Pirithous' wedding.
Ov.Met.12.317ff.
Arctus.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought against the LAPITHS.
Hes.SH.186.
Areos.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought against the LAPITHS.
Ov.Met.12.310.
Argius 4.
Another Centaur, killed by Heracles 1 when he
tried to steal the wine of Pholus 1.
Dio.4.12.7.
Asbolus 1.
An augur who had attempted in vain to dissuade
his friends from engaging in battle against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Ov.Met.12.308; Hes.SH.185.
Bienor 1
Attended Pirithous'
wedding, fought in the battle against the LAPITHS and was killed
by Theseus.
Ov.Met.345ff.
Bromus.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding, fought in the battle against the LAPITHS and was killed by Caeneus 1.
Ov.Met.12.459.
Centaurus.
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Apd.Ep.1.20; Dio.4.69.1, 4.69.5, 4.70.1, 4.12.6;
Ov.Met.12.210, 12.504; Pin.Pyth.2.21ff., 2.44ff.
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Chiron.
The civilized Centaur. He had three daughters by Chariclo 2: Endeis, Melanippe 1 and Ocyrrhoe 2. |
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Chromis 1.
Attended Pirithous' wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. Killed by Pirithous.
Ov.Met.12.333.
Chthonius 3.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. Killed by Nestor.
Ov.Met.12.441.
Clanis 1.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. Killed by Peleus.
Ov.Met.12.378; Val.1.146.
Crenaeus 1.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. Killed by Dryas 2.
Ov.Met.12.310.
Cyllarus 1.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. Killed by a javelin thrown from an unknown hand. He was married to Hylonome (see below).
Ov.Met.12.393ff.
Daphnis 3.
Another Centaur who tried to plunder Pholus 1 of his wine and was killed by Heracles 1.
Dio.4.12.7.
Demoleon 1.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. Killed by Peleus.
Ov.Met.356ff.
Dictys 2.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. Killed by Pirithous.
Ov.Met.12.334ff.
Dorylas 1.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. Killed by Peleus.
Ov.Met.12.378.
Doupon.
Another Centaur who tried to plunder Pholus 1 of his wine and was killed by Heracles 1.
Dio.4.12.7.
Dryalus.
Son of Peuceus (see below). Attended Pirithous' wedding and
fought against the LAPITHS.
Hes.SH.186.
Echeclus 1.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought against the LAPITHS. Killed by Ampyx 1.
Ov.Met.12.450.
Elatus 3.
Tried to plunder Pholus 1 of his wine. Heracles 1 shot an
arrow at him, which, passing through his arm, stuck
in the knee of Chiron.
Apd.2.5.4.
Elymus 1.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought against the LAPITHS. Killed by Caeneus 1.
Ov.Met.12.459.
Eurynomus 2.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Dryas 2.
Ov.Met.12.310.
Eurytion 3.
Acted in an insulting manner towards Hippolyte 4 when she was being joined in marriage to Azan or in the house of Pirithous (see also Eurytus 8). He was killed by Heracles 1.
Apd.2.5.4; Dio.4.33.1; Hom.Od.295ff.;
Hyg.Fab.33.
Eurytus 8.
The wildest of the wild CENTAURS. He started the
fight at Pirithous' wedding (See also Eurytion 3). Killed by Theseus.
Ov.Met.12.220, 12.235ff.
Gryneus.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Killed by Exadius.
Ov.Met.12.258ff.
Helops 1.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. While fleeing
from Pirithous fell
from a precipice into the top of a tree and impaled
his body.
Ov.Met.12.334ff.
Hippasus 4.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Killed by Theseus.
Ov.Met.352; Val.1.148.
Hippotion 2.
Another Centaur, killed by Heracles 1 when he
tried to steal the wine of Pholus 1.
Dio.4.12.7.
Hodites 1.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Mopsus 1.
Ov.Met.12.456.
Homadus.
Also this Centaur tried to plunder Pholus 1 of his wine. Some time after he attempted to rape Alcyone 3, a granddaughter of Perseus 1. He got
killed in Arcadia.
Dio.4.12.7.
Hylaeus 1.
This Centaur tried to rape Atalanta but was shot
by her (same thing happened to Rhoecus).
Apd.3.9.2.
Hylaeus 3.
Killed by Heracles 1 under unknown circumstances.
Vir.Aen.8.294.
Hylaeus 4.
This Centaur followed Dionysus 2 in his Indian campaign and was killed by Orontes 2, an Indian General.
Nonn.17.200.
Hyles.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. Killed by Peleus.
Ov.Met.12.378.
Hylonome.
Attended Pirithous' wedding together with her lover Cyllarus 1 (see above). Having seen Cyllarus 1 dead, she threw herself upon the spear which had killed him.
Ov.Met.12.405ff.
Imbreus.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Dryas 2.
Ov.Met.12.310.
Iphinous 1.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Killed by Peleus.
Ov.Met.12.378.
Isoples.
Another Centaur, killed by Heracles 1 when he
tried to steal the wine of Pholus 1.
Dio.4.12.7.
Latreus.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Caeneus 1.
Ov.Met.12.463ff.
Lycabas 1.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding, fought against the LAPITHS and fled.
Ov.Met.12.302.
Lycidas.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Dryas 2.
Ov.Met.12.310.
Lycopes.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Killed by Theseus.
Ov.Met.350.
Lycus 8.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Killed by Pirithous.
Ov.Met.12.332.
Medon 3.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding, fought against the LAPITHS and fled.
Ov.Met.12.302.
Melanchaetes 2.
Another Centaur, killed by Heracles 1 when he
tried to steal the wine of Pholus 1.
Dio.4.12.7.
Melaneus 1.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding, fought against the LAPITHS and fled.
Ov.Met.12.306.
Mermerus 4.
Was wounded by the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding and
fled.
Ov.Met.12.305.
Mimas 5.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought against the LAPITHS.
Hes.SH.186.
Monychus.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. He was
conquered by Nestor,
mounted on his unwilling back.
Ov.Met.12.499ff.; Val.1.146.
Nedymnus.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Killed by Theseus.
Ov.Met.350.
Nessus 2.
A black Centaur. Fled during the fight with the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding. Later he attempted to rape Deianira 1 and before dying gave her a charm which resulted in the death of Heracles 1. He was
killed by Heracles 1.
Apd.2.5.4, 2.7.6; Dio.4.36.3; Hyg.Fab.31;
Soph.Tra.500ff.; Strab.10.2.5; Val.1.147.
Ophion 2.
Father of Amycus 2 (see above).
Ov.Met.12.245.
Orius 1.
Another Centaur, killed by Heracles 1 when he
tried to steal the wine of Pholus 1.
Dio.4.12.3; Pau.3.18.16.
Orneus 2.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding fought against the LAPITHS and fled.
Ov.Met.12.302; Pau.3.18.16.
Perimedes 5.
Son of Peuceus (see below). Attended Pirithous' wedding and
fought against the LAPITHS.
Hes.SH.186.
Petraeus 1.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Killed by Pirithous.
Ov.Met.12.327.
Peuceus.
Father of Perimedes 5 and Dryalus (see above).
Hes.SH.186.
Phaecomes.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Killed by Nestor.
Ov.Met.12.431ff.
Phlegraeus 1.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Killed by Peleus.
Ov.Met.12.378.
Pholus 1.
He was more skilled in augury than other CENTAURS. He attended Pirithous' wedding and fled after the fight against the LAPITHS. The mountain Pholoe was named after him. He let fall one of the arrows of Heracles 1 on his foot and died (see also CONSTELLATIONS and SEERS). |
Apd.2.5.4; Dio.4.12.3, 4.12.6-8; Hyg.Ast.2.38;
Ov.Met.12.306.
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Phrixus 2.
Another Centaur, killed by Heracles 1 when he
tried to steal the wine of Pholus 1.
Dio.4.12.7.
Pisenor 2.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding, fought against the LAPITHS and fled.
Ov.Met.12.303.
Pylenor.
Having been wounded by Heracles 1 washed himself in the river Anigrus, thus providing the river with a peculiar odor.
Pau.5.5.10.
Pyracmus.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Caeneus 1.
Ov.Met.12.459.
Pyraethus.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Periphas 2.
Ov.Met.12.450.
Rhoecus.
He also tried to rape Atalanta and was killed by her (same thing happened to Hylaeus 1).
Apd.3.9.2.
Rhoetus 1.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Dryas 2.
Ov.Met.12.271,12.300; Val.3.65.
Ripheus 1.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Killed by Theseus.
Ov.Met.352.
Styphelus.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Caeneus 1.
Ov.Met.12.459.
Teleboas 2.
Fought against the LAPITHS at Pirithous' wedding.
Killed by Nestor.
Ov.Met.12.441.
Thaumas 2.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding, fought against the LAPITHS and fled.
Ov.Met.12.303.
Thereus 1.
This Centaur used to catch bears and carry them
home alive and struggling. Attended Pirithous' wedding and fought in the battle against the LAPITHS. Killed by Theseus.
Ov.Met.353.
Thereus 2.
Another Centaur, killed by Heracles 1 when he
tried to steal the wine of Pholus 1.
Dio.4.12.7; Ov.Met.353.
Ureus.
Attended Pirithous'
wedding and fought against the LAPITHS.
Hes.SH.186. |