What Does Ichthyocentaur Mean?

What Does Ichthyocentaur Mean?

In late Classical Greek art, ichthyocentaurs 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.

How do you say Ichthyocentaur?

Ich•thy•o•cen•taur (ik′thē ə sen′tôr), n.

What are fish centaurs called?

Ichthyocentaurs are the aquatic half-brothers of the centaurs, commonly known as 'fish centaurs'.

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