Flattened image from an Attic red-figured column krater depicting the battle between Lapiths and Centaurs. 3 Centaurs, half-horse half-human, Greek mythological characters, are throwing boulders and tree trunks against Kaineus, a Laipth warrior who in turn wounds one of the Centaurs with a spear. This krater is an exhibit at the Archaeological Museum in Palermo, Sicily. Kaineus painter 470 - 460BC.