Chiron

Kheiron

The Centaur and teacher of Achilles.

Genealogy

Philyra

Cronus

Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, Zeus

Achilles, Aesculapius

Group

Centaurs

Places
  1. Malea
  2. Mount Caucasus
  3. Nowhere
  4. Mount Pelion
  5. Unknown
Events
  1. Chiron is born
  2. Hercules fights the centaurs, accidentally giving Chiron an incurable wound
  3. Chiron attacked by Lapiths
  4. Chiron lives in Malea
  5. Prometheus takes on Chiron’s immortality so that Chiron can die
  6. Chiron trains Actaeon to be a hunter
  7. Chiron saves Peleus from the Centaurs
  8. Chiron advises Peleus on how to capture Thetis
  9. Chiron gives Peleus an ash spear
  10. Peleus gives Achilles over to Chiron’s care
  11. Apollo brings Aesculapius to Chiron to raise
  12. Chiron teaches Aesculapius medicine
  13. Chiron restores Phoenix’ vision
  14. Chiron cuts an ashen spear atop a mountain and gives it to Peleus
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.4
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.4
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.11
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.4
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.3
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.3
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.5
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.6
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.8
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 208
  11. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 823
  12. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 141
  13. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 387
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 5.9
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.9
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