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CHIRON. This immortal centaur was kindly and wise. CENTAURS. Centaurs are human from the waist up, horse from the waist down. Chiron: The Basics. Centaur of great wisdom & kindness Son of Kronos and Philyra Father coupled with his mother in the shape of a horse Represents: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CHIRON
This immortal centaur was kindly and wise
CENTAURS
Centaurs are human from the waist up, horse from the waist down.
Chiron: The Basics
Centaur of great wisdom & kindness Son of Kronos and Philyra
Father coupled with his mother in the shape of a horse
Represents: Ancient wisdom, knowledge of music, medicine, & ethics
Symbol: wild horse, full of strength, tamed to be enormous help to human beings
Centaurs: known for being violent & alcoholics Chiron was completely the opposite
Wise and kind to humans
Chiron: The Basics
Born immortal, granted by Zeus to teach heroes
Received his education from the divine twins: Apollo & Artemis
Famous for medical knowledge: introduced surgery Replaced a damaged bone in Achilles’ ankle
Became the tutor for many famous Greek heroes: Asclepius (god of healing), & heroes Jason & Achilles
Chiron: The Story
Unintentionally wounded by Heracles during a brawl with the centaurs (wild & unruly)
Heracles rushed to the side of Chiron but there was nothing either one could do
Reason: the arrow of Heracles had been dipped in the poisoned blood of Hydra, the many-headed water-serpent
Chiron was immortal… thus he was doomed to suffer eternal pain
He retreated to a cave, begging Zeus to take his immortality
Chiron: The Story Continued
Zeus granted his wish:
He allowed Chiron to confer his immortality on Prometheus in return for the peace of dying
Aeus placed Chiron in the heavens as part of the Sagittarius constellation (The Archer)