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Minotaur: Creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Centaurs: Creatures with the heads of men and the bodies of horses
Chiron: Chief centaur
Deianira: Wife of Hercules; dipped his shirt in blood of Nessus
Nessus: Centaur who tried to carry off Deianira (wife of Hercules); his blood on Hercules’s shirt caused Hercules so much pain that Hercules burned himself to death
Violent Sinners: Guilty of violence, included Pyrrhus, Achilles’ cruel son
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