Sirens vs. Centaurs: medieval survival of a lost myth

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  • Álvaro Ibáñez Chacón Universidad de Granada

Keywords:

Sirens/Mermaids, Centaurs, mythology, bestiaries

Abstract

Some medieval representations show a fight between Sirens/Mermaids and Centaurs. This special theriomachia could go back to a lost classic myth; however the Christian exegetical tradition has influenced too the perseveration of this iconographic type.

 

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Published

2018-01-03

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Ibáñez Chacón, Álvaro. (2018). Sirens vs. Centaurs: medieval survival of a lost myth. Florentia Iliberritana, (28), 105–121. Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/florentia/article/view/6706

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