Dryalus

 ( Individual Centaurs ) 

In Greek mythology, Dryalus (Ancient Greek: Δρύαλόν) was the Centaur son of Peuceus and brother of Perimedes. He attended Pirithous’ and Hippodameia's wedding, and together with his kind, they fought against the Lapith during the celebrated Centauromachy.Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 187

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Mythology Dryalus was briefly mentioned by Hesiod, describing the shield of Heracles:

“And there was the strife of the Lapith spearmen gathered round the prince Caeneus and Dryas and Pirithous, with Hopleus, Exadius, Phalereus, and Prolochus, Mopsus the son of Ampyx of Titarisios, a scion of Ares, and Theseus, the son of Aegeus, like unto the deathless gods. These were of silver, and had armour of gold upon their bodies. And the Centaurs were gathered against them on the other side with Petraeus and Asbolus the diviner, Arctus, and Ureus, and black-haired Mimas, and the two sons of Peuceus, Perimedes and Dryalus: these were of silver, and they had pinetrees of gold in their hands, and they were rushing together as though they were alive and striking at one another hand to hand with spears and with pines."Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 178–190

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Notes

• Hesiod, Shield of Heracles from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.

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