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Chiron   /tʃˈaɪrən/   Listen
Chiron

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes.
2.
An asteroid discovered in 1977; it is unique in having an orbit lying mainly between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus.





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"Chiron" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Milesian virgins, who voluntarily killed themselves to get rid of a troublesome world: and how many wise men have taken the same course of becoming their own executioners; among whom, not to mention Diogenes, Xenocrates, Cato, Cassius, Brutus, and other heroes, the self-denying Chiron is never enough to be commended; who, when he was offered by Apollo the privilege of being exempted from death, and living on to the world's end, he refused the enticing proposal, as deservedly thinking it a punishment rather than ...
— In Praise of Folly - Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts • Desiderius Erasmus


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