Editing Chiron (section)

===Early years===
[[File:Amphora 1956,1220-1.jpg|thumb|Amphora suggested to be Achilles riding Chiron. British Museum ref {{British-Museum-db|1956,1220.1|id=466602}}.|left|237x237px]]According to an archaic myth,<ref>A quote from the lost ''[[Titanomachia]]'', provided as a ''[[scholium]]'' on Apollonius Rhodius' ''Argonautica'' 1.554 ([http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/KentaurosKheiron.html on-line quote]); [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.8-9, may have drawn upon the same source.</ref> Chiron was sired by the [[Titan (mythology)|Titan]] [[Cronus]] when he had taken the form of a [[horse]]<ref>Compare the stallion-Poseidon who sired the steed [[Arion (mythology)|Arion]] upon [[Demeter]].</ref> and impregnated the [[nymph]] [[Philyra (Oceanid)|Philyra]].<ref>Apollodorus, 1.2.4</ref> In another version his mother was the nymph [[Naïs (mythology)|Naïs]].<ref>Xenophon, ''On Hunting'' [https://topostext.org/work/796#1 1]</ref>

Chiron's lineage was different from other centaurs, who were born from [[Ixion]], consigned to a fiery wheel, and [[Nephele]] ("cloud"), which in the Olympian telling [[Zeus]] invented to look like [[Hera]].

Soon after giving birth to Chiron, Philyra abandoned her child out of shame and disgust. Chiron, effectively orphaned, was later found by the god [[Apollo]], who took him under his wing and taught him the art of music, lyre, archery, medicine and prophecy. Apollo's twin sister, Artemis, trained him in archery and hunting. Chiron's uniquely peaceful character, kindness, and intelligence are attributed to [[Apollo]] and [[Artemis]].

Some sources speculate that Chiron was originally a [[Thessaly|Thessalian]] god, later subsumed into the [[Greece|Greek]] pantheon as a centaur.{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}}

A great healer, [[astrologer]], and respected oracle, Chiron was said to be the first among centaurs and highly revered as a teacher and tutor. Among his pupils were many [[culture hero]]es: [[Asclepius]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=APOLLODORUS, THE LIBRARY BOOK 3 - Theoi Classical Texts Library 3.10.3 |url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus3.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.theoi.com}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Iliad_(Murray)/Book_IV |title=The Iliad, Book IV, lines 208-219 |others=Translated by August Taber Murray}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=OVID, METAMORPHOSES 1 - Theoi Classical Texts Library |url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/OvidMetamorphoses2.html#4 |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.theoi.com}}</ref> [[Aristaeus]],<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=APOLLONIUS RHODIUS, ARGONAUTICA BOOK 2 - Theoi Classical Texts Library 500-527 |url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/ApolloniusRhodius2.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.theoi.com}}</ref> [[Actaeon]],<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=APOLLODORUS, THE LIBRARY BOOK 3 - Theoi Classical Texts Library 3.4.4 |url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus3.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.theoi.com}}</ref> [[Achilles]],<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=APOLLODORUS, THE LIBRARY BOOK 3 - Theoi Classical Texts Library 3.13.6 |url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus3.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.theoi.com}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite book |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Iliad_(Murray)/Book_XI |title=The Iliad, Book XI, lines 822-836 |others=Translated by August Taber Murray}}</ref> [[Jason]],<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=APOLLONIUS RHODIUS, ARGONAUTICA BOOK 1 - Theoi Classical Texts Library 32-34 |url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/ApolloniusRhodius1.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.theoi.com}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=HESIOD, CATALOGUES OF WOMEN FRAGMENTS - Theoi Classical Texts Library Fragment 13 |url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.theoi.com}}</ref> [[Medus]].<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Hesiod, Theogony, line 993 |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0130:card=963 |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=PAUSANIAS, DESCRIPTION OF GREECE 2.1-14 - Theoi Classical Texts Library 2.3.8 |url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias2A.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.theoi.com}}</ref>

There is also a persistent link with [[Peleus]] throughout Chiron's myth. This can be explained that the latter was the grandfather of Peleus through his daughter Endeis who married the king of Aegina, Aeacus. Chiron saved the life of [[Peleus]] when [[Acastus]] tried to kill him by taking his sword and leaving him out in the woods to be slaughtered by the centaurs. Chiron retrieved the sword for Peleus.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=APOLLODORUS, THE LIBRARY BOOK 3 - Theoi Classical Texts Library 3.13.3 |url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus3.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.theoi.com}}</ref>  Chiron then explained to Peleus how to capture the nymph [[Thetis]], leading to their marriage.

Chiron is also connected with the story of the [[Argonauts]], whom he received kindly when they came to his residence on their voyage, for many of the heroes were his friends and pupils.<ref>Apollonius of Rhodes, ''Argonautica'' 1.554; [[Argonautica Orphica|''Orphic Argonautica'']] [http://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=549 375 ff.]</ref>