Question

After discovering Caeneus was invulnerable to swords and spears, these creatures (10[1])buried him under a pile of tree trunks and stones. One of these creatures named Pholus opened one of their sacred wines for (10[1])Heracles. In one origin story, (10[1])these creatures were fathered by Ixion (“ick-SIGH-on”) with the cloud nymph (10[1])Nephele. (-5[2])These creatures (-5[1])fought a namesake war with the Lapiths of Thessaly. (10[1])A wise one of these creatures (10[1])gave up his immortality in exchange for Prometheus’s (10[1])freedom after being struck with a poisoned arrow. That one of these creatures trained heroes like Jason and Achilles (-5[1])and is named Chiron. (10[1])For 10 points, name this race of mythical human-horse hybrids. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: centaurs [or kentauros or kentauroi; prompt on Ixionidae until Ixion is read]
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