A centaur or occasionally hippocentaur, is a creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.
Centaurs inhabit the region of Magnesia and Mount Pelion in Thessaly, the Foloi Oak Forest in Elis, and the Malean peninsula in southern Laconia. Another tribe of centaurs live on Cyprus Unlike those of mainland Greece, the Cyprian centaurs are horned.
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Mythological Creatures (old version)
RandomA book filled with different mythological creatures from around the world.