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Χείρων, Cheiron

Χείρων, ωνος, ὁ, Aeol. Χέρρων Alc. Supp. 8.9, Dor. and Thess. Χιρων [ῑ] IG 12(3).360 (Thera), Supp.Epigr. 1.248.6 (Thessaly, iv B.C.):—
  • Cheiron, one of the Centaurs, δικαιότατος Κενταίρων Il. 11.832; son of Cronus and Philyra, Hes. Th. 1001, etc.: teacher of Achilles, Il. l.c., 16.143, 19.390; of Asclepius and Jason, Pi. N. 3.53; worshipped as the father of the Art of Medicine, Plu. QConv. 2.647a: Χείρωνος ὑποθῆκαι, title of a poem ascribed to Hes., Quint. Inst. 1.1.15, Sch. Pi. P. 6.16.
    • II Χείρωνος ῥίζα, = πάνακες τὸ Χειρώνειον (v. Χειρώνειος II, Nic. Th. 500.

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