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| In ], '''Ipotanes''' were a race of half-horse, half-humans; the original version of the ]. | In ], '''Ipotanes''' were a race of half-horse, half-humans; the original version of the ]. | ||
| The typical Ipotane looked overall human, but had the legs, hindquarters, tail, and ears of a horse. However, some had |
The typical Ipotane looked overall human, but had the legs, hindquarters, tail, and ears of a horse. However, some had human-like rather than horselike legs (compare with early ]s, whose front legs were often human-like). The Greek suggested by "ipotane" is {{Polytonic|ἱππότης}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|hippotes}}). It means a person riding a horse.{{fact|date=September 2009}} It is also used as an adjective as in {{Polytonic|ἱππότης λεώς}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|hippotes leos}}) — horse riding people. The definition given above would fit {{Polytonic|ἱππότης λεώς}} — "horse-people". | ||
| Such a person would not look "overall human"; rather, the torso would look human. | Such a person would not look "overall human"; rather, the torso would look human. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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In Greek mythology, Ipotanes were a race of half-horse, half-humans; the original version of the satyr.
The typical Ipotane looked overall human, but had the legs, hindquarters, tail, and ears of a horse. However, some had human-like rather than horselike legs (compare with early Centaurs, whose front legs were often human-like). The Greek suggested by "ipotane" is Template:Polytonic (hippotes). It means a person riding a horse. It is also used as an adjective as in Template:Polytonic (hippotes leos) — horse riding people. The definition given above would fit Template:Polytonic — "horse-people".
Such a person would not look "overall human"; rather, the torso would look human.
See also
- Faun - Italian
- Glaistig - Scottish
- Hippopodes - Greek myth
- Pan - early Greek myth
- Sileni - early Greek mythology
References
Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon.
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