CENTAUR

A Centaur was a creature from Greek mythology which was half-man and half-horse. The head, arms and torso of a centaur were human and joined at the waist to the body and legs of a horse. Centaurs represented barbarism and unbridled chaos and were frequently represented in Greek architectural sculpture and pottery decoration. Despite the bestial and lustful reputation of centaurs, some of them were not unfavorably portrayed in Greek myths, at least when they were not under the effects of wine. Perhaps, then, these horse creatures are a cautionary metaphor for the dangers we all face if we should forget our civility and lose control of our faculties and reason.