Cheiron

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  1. Chiron Alternative Names
  2. Figur der griechischen Mythologie

Iconography

The Education of Achilles by Chiron, fresco from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples) (Source: Wikimedia)
Chiron, Peleus and infant Achilles (Source: Wikimedia)
Peleus wrestling Thetis between Chiron and a Nereid. Side B of an Attic black-figure amphora, c. 510 BC. (Source: Wikimedia)
Clay centaur figurine found at Lefkandi, dated to 1050-900 BC and thought to be an early representation of Chiron[13][14] (Source: Wikimedia)
Amphora suggested to be Achilles riding Chiron. British Museum ref 1956,1220.1 . (Source: Wikimedia)
A lekythos depicting Chiron and Achilles (Source: Wikimedia)
The Education of Achilles, by Eugène Delacroix. (Source: Wikimedia)
Chiron and Achilles by John Singer Sargent (circa 1922–1925) (Source: Wikimedia)
The Education of Achilles by Donato Creti, 1714 (Collezioni Comunali d'Arte di Palazzo d'Accursio, Bologna, Italy) (Source: Wikimedia)
Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754–1829): L'Éducation d'Achille par le centaure Chiron (The Education of Achilles by the centaur Chiron, 1782.) Musée du Louvre, Paris. Chiron teaches the art of archery. (Source: Wikimedia)

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