#cheiron

[katerinaaqu]

Live! I beg of you, do not leave me my dear father!

(translation by me)

Achilles to Cheiron (Ovid, Fasti)

Honestly this part of Ovid kinda proves my good old post of Achilles having some serious abandonment issues!

Post by @katerinaaqu

💬 50  🔁 89  ❤️ 246 · Achilles being who he is could be a subject of his upbringing (and how CONTEMPORARY his case seems if one thinks of it!

According to Ovid's work, Achilles actually met Heracles and the death of Cheiron was arguably one of the first if not the first that he witnessed. In this passage Heracles was showing Cheiron his arrows but Cheiron accidentally dropped one on his foot and got poisoned by it. Achilles arrived to the scene and rushed to his master, crying woefully "as if he were Peleus himself" as per Ovid's words!

Achilles stood before his master/father, crying woefully; he was crying as if he was standing before Peleus himself

(free translation by me)

So imagine that Cheiron gets hurt and Achilles rushes to the scene, sees Peleus hurt and immediately rushes to his side, crying! A very tender scene is also that he is holding his hands tenderly! While calling for him not to die!

He was holding those feeble hands in his own loving ones (the teacher had received the result of the personality he had molded). He was kissing him and he was telling him woefully "live! I beg of you do not leave me, my dear father!" nine days had passed and so you, just Cheiron, you elevated with the body of the twice seven stars

(free translation by me)

Like...I wanna cry! How tender little Achilles is with his master in this version given by Ovid! Like I ain't sure how can literally anyone fit it within the whole epic cycle narrative given the situation but I just thought the mention deserved to be made!

Cheiron as another father figure to Achilles is so underrated!

[mostcuriousmythicist]

The Hunting Companions of Chiron

Game and hounds are the invention of gods, of Apollo and Artemis. They bestowed it on Cheiron and honoured him therewith for his righteousness. And he, receiving it, rejoiced in the gift, and used it. And he had for pupils in venery and in other noble pursuits — Cephalus, Asclepius, Meilanion, Nestor, Amphiaraus, Peleus, Telamon, Meleager, Theseus, Hippolytus, Palamedes, Odysseus, Menestheus, Diomedes, Castor, Polydeuces, Machaon, Podaleirius, Antilochus, Aeneas, Achilles, of whom each in his time was honoured by gods.

XENOPHON, ON HUNTING/CYNEGETICUS. 1

[deathlessathanasia]

In which source does Apollo raise and teach Chiron?

Good question because I'm actually really unsure about this (at least the Cheiron being raised by Apollo part) and would like to learn where it comes from too.

So far I've been able to find an account of Apollo and Artemis sharing their inventions with Cheiron:

"Game and hounds are the invention of gods, of Apollo and Artemis. They bestowed it on Cheiron and honoured him therewith for his righteousness. And he, receiving it, rejoiced in the gift, and used it. And he had for pupils in venery and in other noble pursuits—Cephalus, Asclepius, Meilanion, Nestor, Amphiaraus, Peleus, Telamon, Meleager, Theseus, Hippolytus, Palamedes, Odysseus, Menestheus, Diomedes, Castor, Polydeuces, Machaon, Podaleirius, Antilochus, Aeneas, Achilles, of whom each in his time was honoured by gods." (Xenophon, On Hunting, Chapter 1)

But there is no mention of either of them actually raising him; in fact in this same chapter the author acknowledges that Cheiron and Zeus are brothers, sons of the same father but different mothers.

So no idea yet but I'll keep looking for it. If anybody knows please drop the title(s).

[interretialia]

Chīrōn / Χείρων

Chiron

(Fons Imaginis.)

[trojan-war-iliad-greek-mythology]

We all know this part from the song of Achilles, beautifully written and stuff. But sadly incorrect. Perseus, the famous hero who beheaded Medusa, lived happily ever after with his beautiful wife Andromeda. Cheiron teached Achilles about all of the other heroes and Im pretty sure he must have mentioned Perseus too. So probably Achilles just forgot that when he said this beautiful lines to his Patroclus. But in the end, the Perseus thing really didn’t matter. What matters is the promise Achilles made here and I believe that was a wonderful thing to do…

[just-here-for-iolaus]

Happy Birthday Nathaniel Lees!

July 20, 1952

Nathaniel played Cheiron in 25 episodes of Young Hercules!

[we-are-hunter]

Exoskeleton. by duster132

[sophiexteresa]

What’s the difference between Cheiron, Chiron and Charon? How do you pronounce them? And why does autocorrect keep changing Cheiron to Christina?!?!