Editing Centaur (section)

===Female centaurs===
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[[File:GiorcesBardo55.jpg|thumb|Female centaurs flanking [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]] (Mosaic from Roman Tunisia, 2nd century AD)]]
Though female centaurs, called [[centaurides]] or centauresses, are not mentioned in early Greek literature and art, they do appear occasionally in later antiquity. A [[Macedon]]ian mosaic of the 4th century BC is one of the earliest examples of the centauress in art.<ref>Pella Archaeological Museum</ref>  [[Ovid]] also mentions a centauress named [[Hylonome]]{{efn-lr|The name ''Hylonome'' is Greek, so Ovid may have drawn her story from an earlier Greek writer.}} who committed suicide when her husband [[Cyllarus]] was killed in the war with the Lapiths.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''Metamorphoses'' 12.210 ff.</ref>