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CHIRON, or CHEIRON

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 239 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHIRON, or CHEIRON , in See also:Greek See also:mythology, one of the See also:Centaurs, the son of Cronus and Philyra, a See also:sea nymph. He dwelt at the See also:foot of See also:Mount See also:Pelion, and was famous for his See also:wisdom and knowledge of the healing See also:art. He offers a remarkable contrast to the other Centaurs in See also:manners and See also:character. Many of the most celebrated heroes of See also:Greece were brought up and instructed by him (See also:Apollodorus iii. ro. 13). Accidentally pierced by a poisoned arrow shot by Heracles, he renounced his See also:immortality in favour of See also:Prometheus, and was placed by See also:Zeus among the stars as the See also:constellation See also:Sagittarius (Apollodorus ii. 5; See also:Ovid, See also:Fasti, v. 414). In a Pompeian See also:wall-See also:painting he is shown teaching See also:Achilles to See also:play the See also:lyre. See articles in Pauly-Wissowa's Realencyclopadie and W. H. See also:Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie; W.

Mannhardt, Wald- and Feldkulte (1904).

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