Ichthyocentaur statue outside the State of Missouri's capitol building
In late Classical Greek art, ichthyocentaurs (Greek: ἰχθυοκένταυρος, plural: ἰχθυοκένταυροι) were centaurine sea beings with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half and fore-legs of a horse, and the tailed half of a fish. The earliest example dates to the 2nd century B. C., among the friezes in the Pergamon Altar. There are further examples of Aphros and/or Bythos, the personifications of foam and abyss, respectively, depicted as ichthyocentaurs in mosaics and sculptures.
The term ichthyocentaur is of late coinage, attributable to the Byzantine writer John Tzetzes in the 12th century. They are also referred as sea-centaur.
foam and abyss, respectively, depicted as ichthyocentaurs in mosaics and sculptures. The term ichthyocentaur is of late coinage, attributable to the Byzantine...
hundred parasangs to offer myself as food to the leviathan." Hippocampus Ichthyocentaurs Mermaid Myotragus Sea-griffin Tamsyn Barton (1995). "Augustus and Capricorn:...
traversing land and sea Hippocampus (Greek) – Horse with a fish tail Ichthyocentaurs (Greek) – Upper body of a man, the lower front of a horse, tail of...
Amphitrite Benthesikyme Brizo Calliste Calypso Ceto Eurybia Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Old Man of the...
Amphitrite Benthesikyme Brizo Calliste Calypso Ceto Eurybia Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Old Man of the...
Cyprian centaurs: bull-horned centaurs native to the island of Cyprus. Ichthyocentaurs: a pair of marine centaurs with the upper bodies of men, the lower...
Frank, and Hazel are briefly sent underwater to Chiron's brother, the Ichthyocentaurs. While traveling to Rome, they dodge Hercules at the Strait of Gibraltar...
later Indian mythology. Kurma – Upper-half human, lower-half tortoise. Ichthyocentaurs – Creatures that have the torsos of a man or woman, the front legs...
Amphitrite Benthesikyme Brizo Calliste Calypso Ceto Eurybia Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Old Man of the...
Amphitrite Benthesikyme Brizo Calliste Calypso Ceto Eurybia Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Old Man of the...
Amphitrite Benthesikyme Brizo Calliste Calypso Ceto Eurybia Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Old Man of the...
and one tooth between them. Hippocampi, the horses of the sea. The Ichthyocentaurs, a pair of centaurine sea-gods with the upper bodies of men, the lower...
Amphitrite Benthesikyme Brizo Calliste Calypso Ceto Eurybia Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Old Man of the...
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