BBC5 年
Episode 27 - Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith
The metopes are all about battles - battles between the Olympian gods and the Giants, between Athenians and Amazons and, in the ones I want to focus on, between Lapiths and Centaurs. The figures ...
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The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs
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Episode Transcript
The metopes are all about battles - battles between the Olympian gods and the Giants, between Athenians and Amazons and, in the ones I want to focus on, between Lapiths and Centaurs. The figures ...
来自MSN11 个月
Centaur vs. Satyr: Key Differences, Origins, and Links to Reality
Centaurs are a product of King Ixion of the Lapiths and his lust for Zeus’s wife, Hera. Ixion lusted after Hera and in an attempt to catch Ixion in his throes of sin, Zeus sent down a cloud ...
BBC6 年
Episode Transcript – Episode 27 - Parthenon Sculpture: Centaur and Lapith
The metopes are all about battles - battles between the Olympian gods and the Giants, between Athenians and Amazons and, in the ones I want to focus on, between Lapiths and Centaurs. The figures ...
来自MSN12 个月
Centaur vs. Minotaur: Key Differences, Origins, and Links to Reality
Some suggest the centaurs came to be through jealousy and deceit. Ixion, the king of the Lapiths of Thessaly (an area of Greece) lusted after Zeus’ wife, Hera. Zeus, attempting to catch Ixion ...