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Ichthyocentaurs
Sign in to savethumb|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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- Instance of
- mythical creature
- Part of
- Greek mythology
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- Ichthyocentaurs
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- Pauly–Wissowa
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16 sectionsContents
- 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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