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thumb|upright=1.2|Icthyocentaur with trident. [[Hotel Sacher, Vienna.]] thumb|upright=1.2|Four-legged ichthyocentaur. Fountain of the Centaurs, Missouri State Capitol.

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  • Nomenclature
  • Origin
  • Meaning
  • Synonyms
  • Greek art
  • Aphros and Bythos
  • Zeugma mosaics
  • Apamea, Paphos and others
  • Aphros in glosses
  • Other examples
  • Literary examples
  • Renaissance period
  • See also
  • Explanatory notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb|upright=1.2|Icthyocentaur with trident. [[Hotel Sacher, Vienna.]] thumb|upright=1.2|Four-legged ichthyocentaur. Fountain of the Centaurs, Missouri State Capitol.

In late Classical Greek art, an ichthyocentaur () is a centaurine sea being with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half and forelegs of a horse, and the tailed posterior half of a fish.

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