Editing Centaur (section)

==List of centaurs==
[[File:Centaur mosaic - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|"Battle of Centaurs and Wild Beasts" is estimated to have been made between 120 and 130 A.D. for the dining-room of [[Hadrian's Villa]] . The mosaic now resides in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in Germany.|alt=|301x301px]]

* [[Abas (mythology)|Abas]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths and fled.<ref name=":0">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.306</ref>
* [[Agrius]], repelled by Heracles in a fight.<ref name=":1">[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.5.4 2.5.4]</ref>
* [[Amphion]], tried to plunder Pholus of his wine and was killed by Heracles.<ref name=":2">[[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.12.7</ref>
* [[Amycus (centaur)|Amycus]], son of [[Ophion (centaur)|Ophion]]. He attended Pirithous' wedding and fought against the Lapiths. Amycus was killed by [[Pelates (mythology)|Pelates]].<ref name=":3">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.245</ref>
* [[Anchius]], repelled by Heracles when he tried to steal the wine of Pholus.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Antimachus (mythology)|Antimachus]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Caeneus.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.495</ref>
* [[Aphareus]], killed by Theseus in the fight at Pirithous' wedding.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.341</ref>
* [[Apheidas|Aphidas]], killed by [[Phorbas]] in the fight at Pirithous' wedding.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.317 ff.</ref>
* [[Arctus (centaur)|Arctus]], attended Pirithous' wedding and fought against the Lapiths.<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Shield of Heracles]]'' 186</ref>
* [[Areos]], attended Pirithous' wedding and fought against the Lapiths.<ref name=":4">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.310</ref>
* [[Argeus (Greek myth)|Argius]], killed by Heracles when he tried to steal the wine of Pholus.<ref name=":2" />
* [[Asbolus]], an augur who had attempted in vain to dissuade his friends from engaging in battle against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.308; Hesiod, ''Shield of Heracles'' 185</ref>
* [[Bienor (mythology)|Bienor]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Theseus.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.345 ff.</ref>
* [[Bromus (mythology)|Bromus]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Caeneus.<ref name=":5">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.459</ref>
* [[Chiron]], the son of [[Cronus]] and [[Philyra (Oceanid)|Philyra]]. [[File:Bell-Krater with (A) the Centaur Chiron Accompanied by a Satyr and (B) Two Youths LACMA 50.8.40 (1 of 2).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The centaur [[Chiron]] on a South Italian bell-[[krater]], c. 350&ndash;325 BC<ref>[[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]], [https://collections.lacma.org/node/230099 50.8.40].</ref>]]
* [[Chromis (mythology)|Chromis]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Pirithous.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.333</ref>
* [[Chthonius]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Nestor.<ref name=":6">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.441</ref>
* [[Clanis (mythology)|Clanis]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Peleus.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.378; [[Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Valerius Flaccus]], 1.146</ref>
* [[Crenaeus]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Dryas.<ref name=":4" />
* [[Cyllarus]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths. Killed by a javelin thrown from an unknown hand. He was married to Hylonome.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.393 ff.</ref>
* [[Daphnis (mythology)|Daphnis]], tried to plunder Pholus of his wine and was killed by Heracles.<ref name=":2" />
* [[Demoleon (mythology)|Demoleon]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Peleus.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.356 ff.</ref>
* [[Dictys]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Pirithous.<ref name=":7">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.334 ff.</ref>
* [[Dorylas (centaur)|Dorylas]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Peleus.<ref name=":8">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.378</ref>
* [[Doupon]], tried to plunder Pholus of his wine and was killed by Heracles.<ref name=":2" />
* [[Dryalus (mythology)|Dryalus]], son of Peuceus who attended Pirithous' wedding and fought against the Lapiths.<ref name=":3" />
* [[Echeclus (mythology)|Echeclus]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Ampyx.<ref name=":9">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.450</ref>
* [[Elatus]], tried to plunder Pholus of his wine. Heracles shot an arrow at him, which, passing through his arm, stuck in the knee of Chiron.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Elymus (Greek myth)|Elymus]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Caeneus.<ref name=":5" />
* [[Eurynomus (mythology)|Eurynomus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Dryas.<ref name=":4" />[[File:Sebastiano Ricci 045.jpg|thumb|Painting by [[Sebastiano Ricci]], of centaurs at the marriage of [[Pirithous]], king of the [[Lapithae]]|296x296px]]
* [[Eurytion]], acted in an insulting manner towards Hippolyte when she was being joined in marriage to Azan in the house of Pirithous. He was killed by Heracles.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.5.4; Diodorus Siculus, 4.33.1; [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 295 ff.; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 33</ref>
* [[Eurytus]], the wildest of the wild Centaurs. He started the fight at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Theseus.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.220 &12.235 ff.</ref>
* [[Gryneus (mythology)|Gryneus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by [[Exadius]].<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.258 ff.</ref>
* [[Helops (mythology)|Helops]], attended Pirithous' wedding and fought in the battle against the Lapiths. While fleeing from Pirithous, he fell from a precipice into the top of a tree and impaled his body.<ref name=":7" />
* [[Hippasus (mythology)|Hippasus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Theseus.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.352; Valerius Flaccus, 1.148</ref>
* [[Hippotion (mythology)|Hippotion]], another Centaur, killed by Heracles when he tried to steal the wine of Pholus.<ref name=":2" />
* [[Hodites]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Mopsus.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.456</ref>
* [[Homadus]], tried to plunder Pholus of his wine. Some time after he attempted to rape Alcyone, a granddaughter of Perseus. He got killed in Arcadia.<ref name=":2" />
* [[Hylaeus (mythology)|Hylaeus]], tried to rape Atalanta but was shot by her (same thing happened to Rhoecus).<ref name="auto">Apollodorus, 3.9.2</ref><ref>[[Propertius]], ''Elegies'' 1.1</ref>
* Hylaeus, killed by Heracles under unknown circumstances.<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 8.294</ref>
* Hylaeus, followed Dionysus in his Indian campaign and was killed by Orontes, an Indian General.<ref>Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' 17.200</ref>
* [[Hyles (mythology)|Hyles]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the battle against the Lapiths and was killed by Peleus.<ref name=":8" />
* [[Hylonome]], attended Pirithous' wedding together with her lover Cyllarus. Having seen the latter dead, she threw herself upon the spear which had killed him.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.405 ff.</ref>
* [[Imbreus (mythology)|Imbreus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Dryas.<ref name=":4" />
* [[Iphinous]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Peleus.<ref name=":8" />
* [[Isoples (mythology)|Isoples]], killed by Heracles when he tried to steal the wine of Pholus.<ref name=":2" />
* [[Latreus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Caeneus.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.463 ff.</ref>
* [[Lycabas]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths and fled.<ref name=":10">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.302</ref>
* [[Lycidas (mythology)|Lycidas]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Dryas.<ref name=":4" />
* [[Lycopes]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Theseus.<ref name=":11">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.350</ref>
* [[Lycus (mythology)|Lycus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding was killed by Pirithous.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.332</ref>
* [[Medon (mythology)|Medon]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths and fled.<ref name=":10" />
* [[Melanchaetes]], killed by Heracles when he tried to steal the wine of Pholus.<ref name=":2" />
* [[Melaneus (mythology)|Melaneus]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths and fled.<ref name=":0" />
* [[Mermerus (mythology)|Mermerus]], wounded by the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and fled.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.305</ref>
* [[Mimas (Greek myth)|Mimas]], attended Pirithous' wedding and fought against the Lapiths.<ref name=":3" />
* [[Monychus]], attended Pirithous' wedding and fought in the battle against the Lapiths. He was conquered by Nestor, mounted on his unwilling back.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.499 ff.; Valerius Flaccus, 1.146</ref>
* [[Nedymnus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding. Killed by Theseus.<ref name=":11" />
* [[Nessus (mythology)|Nessus]], fled during the fight with the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding. Later he attempted to rape Deianira and before dying gave her a charm which resulted in the death of Heracles. He was killed by the latter.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.5.4, 2.7.6; Diodorus Siculus, 4.36.3; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 31; [[Sophocles]], ''[[Women of Trachis|Trachiniae]]'' 500 ff.; [[Strabo]], 10.2.5; Valerius Flaccus, 1.147</ref>
* [[Ophion (mythology)|Ophion]], father of Amycus.<ref name=":3" />
* [[Oreius (mythology)|Oreius]], killed by Heracles when he tried to steal the wine of Pholus.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 4.12.3; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 3.18.16</ref>
* [[Orneus]], attended Pirithous' wedding fought against the Lapiths and fled.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.302; Pausanias, 3.18.16</ref>
* [[Perimedes]], son of Peuceus and attended Pirithous' wedding and fought against the Lapiths.<ref name=":3" />
* [[Petraeus (centaur)|Petraeus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Pirithous.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.327</ref>
* [[Peuceus]], father of Perimedes and Dryalus.<ref name=":3" />
* [[Phaecomes]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Nestor.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.431 ff.</ref>
* [[Phlegraeus (centaur)|Phlegraeus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Peleus.<ref name=":8" />
* [[Pholus (mythology)|Pholus]] [[File:Achilleus Lyra.jpg|thumb|[[Chiron]] teaching [[Achilles]] how to play the [[lyre]], a Roman fresco from [[Herculaneum]], 1st century AD.|305x305px]]
* [[Phrixus (mythology)|Phrixus]], killed by Heracles when he tried to steal the wine of Pholus.<ref name=":2" />
* [[Peisenor|Pisenor]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths and fled.<ref name=":12">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.303</ref>
* [[Pylenor]], having been wounded by Heracles washed himself in the river Anigrus, thus providing the river with a peculiar odor.<ref>Pausanias, 5.5.10</ref>
* [[Pyracmus (mythology)|Pyracmus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Caeneus.<ref name=":5" />
* [[Pyraethus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Periphas.<ref name=":9" />
* [[Rhoecus]], He also tried to rape Atalanta and was killed by her.<ref name="auto" />
* [[Rhoetus (centaur)|Rhoetus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Dryas.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.271 & 12.300; Valerius Flaccus, 3.65</ref>
* [[Ripheus (mythology)|Ripheus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Theseus.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.352</ref>
* [[Styphelus]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Caeneus.<ref name=":5" />
* [[Teleboas (mythology)|Teleboas]], fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding and was killed by Nestor.<ref name=":6" />
* [[Thaumas (mythology)|Thaumas]], attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths and fled.<ref name=":12" />
* [[Thereus (mythology)|Thereus]], 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.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 353</ref>
* Thereus, killed by Heracles when he tried to steal the wine of Pholus.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, 4.12.7; Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 353</ref>
* [[Ureus (mythology)|Ureus]], attended Pirithous' wedding and fought against the Lapiths.<ref>Hesiod, ''Shield of Heracles'' 186</ref>