Centaur

Centaurs have the torso and head of a man, and body of a horse. They are also great healers and archers, like the children of Apollo.
== History ==
Centaurs are descendants of Centaurus, the child of Ixion and Nephele. Centaurus brought them into existence by mating with the Magnesian Mares.
Centaurs are best known for their fight with the Lapiths - a civilized, Thessalian tribe, caused by their attempt to carry off Hippodamia and the rest of the Lapith women on the day of her marriage to Pirithous, king of the Lapiths and son of Ixion. This fight came to be known as the Centauromachy. 
Centaurs were notorious for being overly indulgent drinkers and carousers, given to violence when intoxicated, and generally uncultured delinquents. Each Centaur was also wild and lusty, except for the most well-known centaur, Chiron. True centaurs were born of sun and raincloud, until the female centaurs (called Centaurides) came from some normal horses, and centaurs started out like normal creatures, from conceived from baby to adult. Chiron was another exception. He was born from Kronos and the nymph Philyra. He was half-horse because Kronos was half-horse when he was with Philyra.
Another tribe of Centaurs were seen in Peloponnese where they came into conflict with Heracles over the wine of their brother Pholos (who had given Heracles some hospitality while he was looking for the Erymanthian Boar). Most of the enemy Centaurs were slain by Heracles who used the arrows covered in the blood of the Hydra on them. The surviving Centaurs fled to the Malean Peninsula southern Lakonia where they were given refuge by Poseidon.
There was also another type of Centaurs called the Cyprian Centaurs. They are bull-horned centaurs who were the result of Zeus accidentally impregnating Gaea during his failed attempt to seduce Aphrodite. They are more friendly than the Centaurs that Heracles encounters.
Two centaurs, Rhoikos and Hylaios, tried forcing Atalanta to marry them. Shortly afterwards they were slain by the Greek huntress.
== Known Centaurs ==
* Chiron
* Nessus
* Party Ponies
** Larry
** Owen
* Ichthyocentaurs
** Aphros
** Bythos
== Gallery ==