On Unbelievable Tales

what they have heard of each fable. I have written down their reports; but I have also examined the regions themselves according to the nature of each, and thus I have not merely relied on stories; rather, I have described these things as I found them on my travels.

Chap. 1

Of the Centaurs.

They say they were monsters who had everything in common with the horse, except for a human head. Whoever would want to believe that such creatures ever existed would be believing in impossibilities. For neither the nature of man and horse correspond with one another; nor does the food of both have anything in common; and finally, a human mouth and palate is not built at all for horse fodder. Moreover, such creatures would still exist today if they had formerly been in the world.