| William Smith - 1850 - Liczba stron: 1076
...the Americans, when they first saw a Spaniard on horseback, believed horse aud man to be one beiog. The Centaurs were frequently represented in ancient...remainder of the body is that of a horse with its four feet and tail. [CKNTIJIANI ('E/taroy^etpej-), " the hundredlauded," the three giants Coitus, -iBgaaon... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - 1855 - Liczba stron: 508
...And witch the world with noble horsemanship." Chiron. THE CENTAURS. These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins while the remainder of the body was that of a horse. The ancients were too fond of a horse to consider the union of his nature with... | |
| sir William Smith - 1858 - Liczba stron: 946
...was a national custom in Thesaaly, and that the Thessaltans were celebrated rider». Hence may have arisen the fable that the Centaurs were half-men and...body is that of a horse with its 4 feet and tail. Centrites (К«*тр/ттц : Be<ilis\ a small river of Armenia, which it divided from the land of... | |
| William Smith - 1871 - Liczba stron: 1074
...half horses, just as the Americans, when they first saw a Spaniard on horseback, believed horse aud man to be one being. The Centaurs were frequently...remainder of the body is that of a horse with its four feet and tail. [CENTIMÄNI ('Exoróy^eipcf), " the hundredlanded," the three giauts Cottus, yEgscou... | |
| Joel Dorman Steele - 1874 - Liczba stron: 340
...This constellation is named in honor of Chiron, one of the centaurs. These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse — of which animal the ancients had so high an opinion that this union was not... | |
| Joel Dorman Steele - 1874 - Liczba stron: 424
...This constellation is named in honor of Chiron, one of the centaurs. These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse — of which animal the ancients had so high an opinion that this union was not... | |
| Joel Dorman Steele - 1876 - Liczba stron: 348
...This constellation is named in honor of Chiron, one of the centaurs. These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse — of which animal the ancients had so high an opinion that this union was not... | |
| William Smith - 1877 - Liczba stron: 536
...have arisen the fable that the Centaurs were half men and half horses, just as the American Indians, when they first saw a Spaniard on horseback, believed horse and man to be one being. The Centaurs are frequently represented in ancient works of art, and generally as men from the head to the loins,... | |
| William Smith - 1878 - Liczba stron: 1084
...Americans, when they first saw a Spaniard on horseback, believed horse aud man to be one being. The Centnurs were frequently represented in ancient works of art,...remainder of the body is that of a horse with its four feet and tnil, [CESTIJIANI ('Е/(аго)-д-я/)е-£-), " the hundredsanded," the three giants... | |
| William Smith - 1884 - Liczba stron: 586
...when they first saw a Spaniard on horseback, believed horse and man to be one being. The Centaurs are frequently represented in ancient works of art, and...loins, while the remainder of the body is that of a hone, with its four fe«l and tail. Ctntanr. (Metope from the Parthenon.) a CENTRTTES, a small river... | |
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