Galaxy/The codex of Pyracmos

The centaur who fought with an axe among the five Caeneus killed at Peirithous' wedding.1

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Ovid's Nestor names Pyracmos with his axe as the fifth of the centaurs Caeneus put to death — the only one of the five singled out by his weapon before Latreus mocked the Lapith and the whole brood buried him under pines.2

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Pyracmos — art, artifacts and echoes.

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