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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The typical Ipotane looked overall human, but had the legs, hindquarters, tail, and ears of a horse. However, some had human-like rather than horse-like legs (compare with early ]s, whose front legs were often human-like). The Greek suggested by "ipotane" is {{lang|grc|ιππότης}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|hippotes}}). It means knight.{{ |
The typical Ipotane looked overall human, but had the legs, hindquarters, tail, and ears of a horse. However, some had human-like rather than horse-like legs (compare with early ]s, whose front legs were often human-like). The Greek suggested by "ipotane" is {{lang|grc|ιππότης}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|hippotes}}). It means knight.{{citation needed|date=September 2009}} It is also used as an adjective as in {{lang|grc| ιππότης λεώς}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|hippotes leos}}) — horse knights that rode people. The definition given above would fit {{lang|grc| ιππότης λεώς}} — "horse-people". | ||
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* Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon. | * Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon. | ||
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In Greek mythology, Ipotanes were a race of half-horse, half-humans. The Ipotanes are considered the original version of the Centaur.
Description
The typical Ipotane looked overall human, but had the legs, hindquarters, tail, and ears of a horse. However, some had human-like rather than horse-like legs (compare with early Satyrs, whose front legs were often human-like). The Greek suggested by "ipotane" is ιππότης (hippotes). It means knight. It is also used as an adjective as in ιππότης λεώς (hippotes leos) — horse knights that rode people. The definition given above would fit ιππότης λεώς — "horse-people".
See also
- Faun - Italian
- Glaistig - Scottish
- Hippopodes - Greek myth
- Pan - early Greek myth
- Silenus - early Greek mythology
References
- Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon.
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