centaur

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Other portraits feature a loser’s face on a shirtless firefighter sitting near a blaze, and another member’s image atop a centaur.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

For reasons that have yet to be explained, parts of the centaur head are coated with a thin brown film, as are several other marble fragments from the Parthenon.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

Sagittarius is generally depicted as the Archer, a centaur holding a bow.

From Scientific American • Aug. 4, 2023

The art for his new show “Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist” depicts him as a centaur.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2020

“Well done, Frank Zhang,” Leo said dryly, doing his impression of Chiron the centaur.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan