![]() ![]() Coming upon him in flagrante, sporting with Philyra on Mount Pelion, in the midst of the act Cronos transformed himself into a stallion to avoid Rhea’s detection, and so the child born of this union was half-human and half-horse in appearance. Cronos’ wife Rhea was suspicious, and shadowed her husband’s movements. The son of the Titan Cronos, Chiron’s unique physicality was a result of his father’s passion for the nymph Philyra, with whom he was having an affair. Chiron was also more cultured, intelligent, and kind than others of his race, performing a teaching function for many Greek heroes in their youth, including Achilles, Jason and Heracles. ![]() Unlike most centaurs, which combine the torso of a man with the body of a horse, Chiron is traditionally depicted as a fully formed man, including the front legs, with the rear of a horse’s body and its hind legs and tail attached. Chiron was a son of the Titan Cronos, and the first of the centaurs, though he was not directly related to them. ![]()
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