Centaurs are creatures described as half man and half horse, although in modern times many depictions of Centaurs have become romanticized and even viewed as heroic. The centaurs were usually said to have been born of Ixion and Nephele. As the story goes, Nephele was a cloud made into the likeness of Hera in a plot to trick Ixion into revealing his lust for Hera to Zeus. Ixion seduced Nephele and from that relationship centaurs were created. Another version, however, makes them children of…
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