Simplified Time Line for Centaur

The following is a very much simplified outline of Centaur through history. Note that all times are approximate, and neither them nor the categories should not be taken too literally.

Historical Events	Folklore	Pheres	Chiron / Sagittarius
-1400			Winged Archers on King's Stelæ Assyria/Babylonia
The Classical Dark Age	Ghandarva? G. Dumezil derivation		He-Bani / Bull-Centaur?
-800		Wild Kentaurs mentioned by Hesiod (physical form not described)	Archer Sign Established in Zodiac
The Rise of the Greek City-States	Bull-prodder? Dictionary derivation	Cloud-stabber? Mühll derivation	Kiron (Kiron) spelling
-400		"Kentauros" used
The Hellenic and Hellenistic World	Centaurs with four horse legs become dominant in Art	Man-horse form and descent described by Pindar Conventionally, females are human	In art Chiron often distinguished by having human front legs
0		Acceptance of female centaur form as half horse in texts by Ovid, Philostratus and Lucian	Chiron, his offspring described in Ovid 's Metamorphosis
The Roman Emperors			Philostratus' Education of Achilles
		Nessus described by Callistratus	Cheiron spelling
+400
The destruction of the Library at Alexandria			Christian religion co-opts the Chiron mystery, punning Chi-Rho = ChRistos = ChiRo(n)
+500
Dark Ages		Sculptures — Aristeas & Pappias	St. Francis and the Centaur (?)
			Medieval Sagittaries often portrayed as leonine
+1100			Arms of English King Stephen (Blois): Gules, three sagittary or.
The Crusades			Sagittary on the Cathedral at Rheims
+1300
The Classical Rediscovery		Centaurs as guardians in Hell described in The Inferno by Dante	Chiron in Limbo with Virtuous Pagans as described by Dante
		Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths as described by Ovid, drawn by Pollauolo
		Pallas Athena and the Centaur by Botticelli
+1500
Discovery and Exploration of the New World	Spanish Conquistadores and their horses taken to be single creatures. (But as classical centaurs???)

Centaurs during the European Ascendency
(Contemporary Tropisms)

Folklore (Callicantzari)	Literature & Art (Centaurs)	Symbolic (Chiron)	Astronomy and Exploration (Centaur / Saggitarius)
Wildness	1700s & 1800s Art (Reprise of Classics, Connected Dichotomy)	Medicine (Healer)	Constellation Centaurus added to the Southern Hemisphere
Wontoness	Early 1900s Art (Decorative)	Education (Sage and Teacher)	Sagittarius "Milk Dipper" asterism found to be near the center of the Galaxy from the point of view of earth
Sexual Appetites	Popular Art (Parody, Illustration)	Music (Kithara)
Diminished in stature; hoofed humans	Fantasy Stories (Doomed ending, Cannon-fodder, Untenable state)	Strength (Centaur rocket)
	Science Fiction (Non Humanoid Aliens)	Intellect (Centaur programming language)