Cast Gallery catalogue number: A063

Head of a Centaur biting the forearm of a Lapith youth who grabs/holds him round the neck; at the wedding feast of Peirithoos.

• Plaster cast: Height: 62cm.
• Copy of the head of a marble statue.
• The statue:
  • is from the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
  • was made about 460 BC.
  • was found at Olympia and is now in Olympia Museum.