A.Cheiron, one of the Centaurs, “δικαιότατος Κενταίρων” Il.11.832; son of Cronus and Philyra, Hes. Th.1001, etc.: teacher of Achilles, Il. l. c., 16.143, 19.390; of Asclepius and Jason, Pi.N.3.53; worshipped as the father of the Art of Medicine, Plu.2.647a: Χείρωνος ὑποθῆκαι, title of a poem ascribed to Hes., Quint.Inst.1.1.15, Sch. Pi.P.6.16.
Χείρων , ωνος, ὁ, Aeol. Χέρρων Alc.Supp.8.9, Dor. and Thess. Χιρων [ι_] IG12(3).360 (Thera), Supp.Epigr.1.248.6 (Thessaly, iv B.C.):—