Centaurs - half horse ... on what the sculptures would have meant to the people who first saw them: "Ancient Greece is a world which sees - 'sees' - issues in terms of conflict, of winning ...

Home of the centaurs But it wouldn’t be Greece without a few myths, especially a mountain. This also applies to the three mountains around Pelion, which lie at the back of Mount Olympus.

This sculpture from the Parthenon shows a Centaur rearing triumphantly over a dying human Lapith. This focus on human suffering epitomises the intense humanism of Greek art. The sculpture also ...