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Chiron

noun

(Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes.

An asteroid discovered in 1977; it is unique in having an orbit lying mainly between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus.

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"Chiron" Quotes from Famous Books

... on an harpe That souned bothe wel and sharpe, Orpheus ful craftely, And on his syde, faste by, Sat the harper Orion, And Eacides Chiron, And other harpers many oon, ...

— Ballads of Romance and Chivalry - Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series • Frank Sidgwick

... it for thee to govern us, or for us to govern thee? Though, peradventure, thy age may not be accomplished, yet thy life is: a man of low stature is as much a man as a giant; neither men nor their lives are measured by the ell. Chiron refused to be immortal, when he was acquainted with the conditions under which he was to enjoy it, by the god of time itself and its duration, his father Saturn. Do but seriously consider how much more insupportable and painful an immortal life would be to man than what I have ...

— The Essays of Montaigne, Complete • Michel de Montaigne

... Mentor with his mantle thee invest, Or Chiron lend thee his persuasive lyre, Or Socrates, of pedagogues the best, Teach thee the ...

— The Elegies of Tibullus • Tibullus

Words linked to "Chiron" : asteroid, Greek mythology, centaur