Hylonome
Hylonome is a Centaur woman in Greek mythology . She is said to have been very beautiful and was the wife of Kyllaros . Both were children of Ixion and Nephele.
At a festival of the Centaurs, to which she was invited with her husband, a furious fight broke out, in which Hylonome fought at the side of her husband. Kyllaros was mortally wounded by an arrow and sank into Hylonome's arms. Hylonome cared for his dying limbs, kissed him, and tried in vain to hold back the escaping breath. When she saw him die, she drew the dart from his heart and plunged into it.
A representation of the Hylonome can be found on a Roman mosaic . The mosaic dates from the 2nd century AD and is now kept in the National Museum of Bardo in Tunis .
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- Ovid , Metamorphosen 12,393ff.