The Education of Achilles (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples).
Centaurs were mythical
creatures, half men and half horses. They used to live in Mount Pelion. The
most important of them was Chiron. He was a great healer who knew how to use
herbs for every remedy. Chiron was an advisor for gods and heroes, trained them
to hunt and educated them in music, martial arts and pharmacy. He was the
teacher of Achilles, Theseus and Jason. Asclepius, the god of medicine, was
taught the science of medicine by Chiron. Unfortunately, this great Centaur was
a vey sad figure. Hercules had once wounded him with a poisonous arrow. Chiron
could not heal himself thus; he suffered for ages until Zeus felt sorry for him
and killed him with one of his thunders.
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