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Centaurs and Pegasus | Three Ravens Bestiary #21
For our first episode of the Three Ravens Bestiary for 2026, we're talking all about Centaurs and Pegasus!
We begin in Dark Age Greece, way back before Homer, when horse-riding cavalry suddenly became a factor in human life. Representations in art leave us in no doubt - the combination of a horse with a man makes for a terrifying foe, though that's only the start of the story.
Starting with Homer, developed by Hesiod, expanded upon by Pindar, then reinterpreted by Ovid, Centaurs graduate from fearful, lusty, xenophobic savages to become something else - a version of human beings, though…
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