They passed a couple of guys making a bronze windup toy. At least that’s what it looked like. It was a six-inch-tall centaur–half man, half horse–armed with a miniature bow. One of the campers cranked the centaur’s tail, and it whirred to life. It galloped across the table, yelling, “Die, mosquito! Die, mosquito! ” and shooting everything in sight.Rick Riordan
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The word “centaur� was a term used to describe a race of half-man, half-horse. In the ancient Greek mythology, the centaurs were often portrayed as violent and irrational creatures. The centaur that the children made was a windup toy that they made from a stick and a piece of string. They used it as a weapon to kill any individual that they encountered with the hope that it would save them from being bitten by mosquitoes.
Source: The Lost Hero
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