Cheiron
mythological figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
the most sage · the son of Philyra
in the texts
Theogony
The centaur Cheiron, son of Philyra, foster-guardian of Medeus.
And she was subject to Iason, shepherd of the people, and bore a son Medeus whom Cheiron the son of Philyra brought up in the mountains.
Republic
The wise centaur said to have raised and educated Achilles.
And again the trailings of Hector’s body round the grave of Patroclus and the slaughter of the living captives upon his pyre, all these we will affirm to be lies, nor will we suffer our youth to believe that Achilles, the son of a goddess and of Peleus the most chaste of men, grandson of Zeus, and himself bred under the care of the most sage Cheiron, was of so perturbed a spirit as to be affected …
Symposium
A mythic mentor associated with Achilles' honor for moral instruction.
For he who inculcates right speech and conduct would merit the honour given by Achilles to Cheiron and Phoenix;