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  2. Chiron - Wikipedia

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    Chiron, Peleus and infant Achilles Chiron was notable throughout Greek mythology for his youth-nurturing nature. His personal skills tend to match those of his foster father Apollo, who taught the young centaur the art of medicine, herbs, music, archery, hunting, gymnastics, and prophecy, and made him rise above his beastly nature. [3]

  3. Prometheus - Wikipedia

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    e. In Greek mythology, Prometheus (/ prəˈmiːθiəs /; Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, [promɛːtʰéu̯s], possibly meaning "forethought") [1] is one of the Titans and a god of fire. [2] Prometheus is best known for defying the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and, more ...

  4. Labours of Hercules - Wikipedia

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    Prometheus' torturer, the eagle, continued its torture on Chiron, so Heracles shot it dead with an arrow. It is generally accepted that the tale was meant to show Heracles as being the recipient of Chiron's surrendered immortality. However, this tale contradicts the tradition that Chiron later taught Achilles. The tale of the centaurs sometimes ...

  5. Charon - Wikipedia

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    Charon. Attic red-figure lekythos attributed to the Tymbos painter showing Charon welcoming a soul into his boat, c. 500–450 BC. In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ ˈkɛərɒn, - ən / KAIR-on, -⁠ən; Ancient Greek: Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of the Greek underworld. He carries the souls of those who have been given ...

  6. Pholus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    It is well known that Chiron, the famously civilized centaur, had origins which differed from those of the other centaurs.Chiron was the son of Cronus and a minor goddess Philyra, which accounted for his exceptional intelligence and honor, whereas the other centaurs were bestial and brutal, being the descendants of Centaurus who is the result of the unholy rape of a minor cloud-goddess that ...

  7. Your Chiron Sign Is The (Astrological) Key To Self-Growth

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    A Chiron in this placement also means hurt will show up in everything to do with sexuality and death. Sagittarius. The healing of Chiron in Sagittarius is done by expanding your horizons, both ...

  8. Titans - Wikipedia

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    However Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound (as mentioned above) does have Prometheus say that he was an ally of Zeus during the Titanomachy. [87] Apollo piercing with his arrows Tityos, who has tried to rape his mother Leto (c. 450–440 BC) The female Titans, to the extent that they are mentioned at all, appear also to have been allowed to remain ...

  9. Titus Andronicus - Wikipedia

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    The next day, during the feast at his house, Titus asks Saturninus if a father should kill his daughter when she has been raped. When Saturninus answers that he should, Titus kills Lavinia and tells Saturninus of the rape. When the Emperor calls for Chiron and Demetrius, Titus reveals that they were baked in the pies Tamora has already been ...