Editing Chiron (section)

===Students===
[[File:DSC00301 - Chirone e Achille - 500 a.C. - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|thumb|upright|A [[lekythos]] depicting Chiron and Achilles]][[File:Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix 036.jpg|thumb|right|''The Education of Achilles'', by [[Eugène Delacroix]].|217x217px]]
Chiron was a renowned mentor, and brought up some future [[hero]]es such as:

* '''[[Achilles]]''' – The son of the [[Argonauts|Argonaut]] Peleus and the [[Nereids|Nereid]] [[Thetis]]. Peleus had a friendly relationship with Chiron who had already saved him from Acastus and a band of murderous centaurs,<ref name=":13" /> and later restored the sight of [[Phoenix (son of Amyntor)|Phoenix]], a blind friend of Peleus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APOLLODORUS, THE LIBRARY BOOK 3 - Theoi Classical Texts Library 3.13.8 |url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus3.html |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.theoi.com}}</ref> When Achilles was old enough, Peleus brought him to Chiron, who received him as a disciple, and fed him the innards of lions and boars, and bear marrow. In some accounts, Achilles was previously called "Ligyron", and Chiron gave him his new name.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> Later in his life, Achilles taught [[Patroclus]] what Chiron had taught him, including the medical arts.<ref name=":8" />
* '''[[Aristaeus]]''' – Although his mother [[Cyrene (mythology)|Cyrene]] lived in [[Ancient Libya|Libya]], Aristaeus' father [[Apollo]] brought him on Mount Pelion to be reared by Chiron. Aristaeus would later become in his life a god of certain rustic arts such as [[beekeeping]] and [[cheesemaking]]. Moreover, he is the protagonist of a creation myth regarding the [[Etesian|Etesian winds]].<ref name=":5" />
* '''[[Actaeon]]''' – The son of [[Autonoë of Thebes|Autonoë]] and Aristeus (an aforementioned student of Chiron). He became an excellent hunter thanks to the centaur's lessons. In his adulthood as he was hunting in the woods, he saw the virgin goddess [[Artemis]] bathing. She punished Actaeon for seeing her naked body by turning him into a [[Deer|stag]]. His [[hunting dog]]s did not recognize him and devoured him. Ignorant of what they had done, the hunting dogs came to the cave of Chiron seeking their master and the Centaur fashioned an image of Actaeon in order to soothe their grief.<ref name=":6" />
* '''[[Asclepius]]''' – The Greek God of Doctors. [[Artemis]] killed Asclepius' mother [[Coronis (lover of Apollo)|Coronis]] after her lover [[Apollo]] discovered she was cheating on him. But Coronis had conceived a son to him and before her body had been consumed by the funerary pyre he saved the child (Asclepius) and brought him to Chiron, who reared him and taught him the art of healing. When Chiron's daughter [[Ocyrhoe]] saw him, she prophesied his destiny and death. Because of this, [[Zeus]] turned her into a mare. In fact, Asclepius would later die because of his [[hubris]]: he had become such a skilled medic he could resurrect the dead and Zeus would end up killing him for this after getting a complaint from [[Hades]]. Though Zeus would later revive him as a God to avoid any feuds with Apollo.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
* '''[[Jason]]''' – The leader of the [[Argonauts]] was, in some versions, raised by Chiron. Jason's father [[Aeson]] had been locked up by his brother [[Pelias]], yet he managed to conceive a son with a woman named [[Alcimede (mother of Jason)|Alcimede]]. When Alcimede delivered Jason, she pretended he was a stillborn to escape Pelias' notice and then gave him to Chiron. Jason's son Medus will also become one of the centaur's students.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10" />
* '''[[Medus]]''' – Alternatively called Medeus or Polyxenus, his mother was [[Medea]], but accounts differ about his father, who may be either [[Jason]], an Asian king, or [[Aegeus|Aegeus of Athens]].<ref name=":12" /> Just like his father, he was reared by Chiron.<ref name=":11" /> Later in his life, he would become the first king of the [[Medes]].
* '''[[Patroclus]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=STATIUS, ACHILLEID BOOK 1 - Theoi Classical Texts Library 158-178 |url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/StatiusAchilleid1A.html |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=www.theoi.com}}</ref> is also numbered amongst the students by [[Statius]] (a Roman poet of the 1st century AD) in his unfinished work, the Achilleid, although Homer clearly contradicts him.<ref name=":8" />

According to Ptolemy Hephaestion (probably the same as [[Ptolemaeus Chennus]]), a writer and playwright whose works are now lost, Chiron was also the mentor of the god [[Dionysus]] (who became the centaur's [[eromenos]], and learned from him chants and dances) and of a youth named [[Cocytus]]; the latter supposedly cured [[Adonis]] when he was wounded by a [[wild boar]] using the medical techniques learned from his teacher.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Photius, Bibliotheca, Codices 186-222. On "New History" by Ptolemy Hephaestion, 190 |url=https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/photius_copyright/photius_05bibliotheca.htm |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.tertullian.org}}</ref> It is worthy of note that Ptolemy's account only survived thanks to [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photios I]]'s summary of his works. Photios I, an ecumenical patriarch of the 9th century AD, harshly criticized Ptolemy, denouncing him for seemingly distorting, inventing and misinterpreting myths.<ref name=":14" /> Considering little is known about Ptolemy and his works are not preserved, it is unknown whether he was simply reporting alternative versions of myths or making them up.