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CHIRON, or CHEIRON

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 239 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHA-CHR
CHIRON, or CHEIRON , in
Greek
  mythology, one of the Centaurs, the son of Cronus and Philyra, a sea nymph. He dwelt at the foot of
Mount
  Pelion, and was famous for his wisdom and knowledge of the healing art. He offers a remarkable contrast to the other Centaurs in manners and
character
 . Many of the most celebrated heroes of
Greece
  were brought up and instructed by him (Apollodorus iii. ro. 13). Accidentally pierced by a poisoned arrow shot by Heracles, he renounced his immortality in favour of Prometheus, and was placed by Zeus among the stars as the constellation Sagittarius (Apollodorus ii. 5;
Ovid
 ,
Fasti
 , v. 414). In a Pompeian
wall
 -
painting
  he is shown teaching Achilles to play the lyre.
See articles in Pauly-Wissowa's Realencyclopadie and W. H. Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie; W. Mannhardt, Wald- and Feldkulte (1904).


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