Throughout myth and history, people have had uneasy relationships with the idea of being superhuman. Most world religions emphasize a clear distinction between God and man. Not only is the former more ...

The Education of Achilles, by Bénigne Gagneraux (1785). Source: Bénigne Gagneraux on Wikimedia Commons/public domain In the Iliad, Homer calls Chiron the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs." ...

In Greek mythology, a centaur is a creature with the upper body of a human, and lower body and legs of a horse. In Italy’s IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Centauro is a 5-foot-tall robot that ...

Centaurs from Greek civilization are strong archers that shine in late-game battles, capable of turning the tide with their ...

With The Centaur, his seventh published volume in the last six years, John Updike has switched into a new mode: use of the classic myth set up as framework for a contemporary tale. Updike readers will ...