Centaur Chiron
Bronze, stone
22:23:12 cm
2010
ХChiron (Greek Χείρων, Kheiron, “hand”) in Greek Thessalian mythology is a centaur, son of Cronus and Phyllis, originally endowed with immortality. Hesiod was credited with the poem “Instructions of Chiron”. Unlike most of the other centaurs, famous for their rowdiness, tendency to drunkenness and hostility to people, Chiron was wise and kind. He lived on Mount Pelion. He was a disciple of Apollo and Artemis. In turn, he taught many heroes - Jason (for whose journey he made the first celestial globe), as well as Dioscurus, Achilles (considered his descendant), whom he fed with lion meat, perhaps Orpheus and others. He taught the medical art to Asclepius and Patroclus, and the hunting art to Actaeon. Participated in the Indian campaign of Dionysus. Experiencing terrible torments, gave up his immortality, transferring it to Prometheus. Placed in the sky in the form of the constellation Centaurus, or Sagittarius.
22:23:12 cm
2010
ХChiron (Greek Χείρων, Kheiron, “hand”) in Greek Thessalian mythology is a centaur, son of Cronus and Phyllis, originally endowed with immortality. Hesiod was credited with the poem “Instructions of Chiron”. Unlike most of the other centaurs, famous for their rowdiness, tendency to drunkenness and hostility to people, Chiron was wise and kind. He lived on Mount Pelion. He was a disciple of Apollo and Artemis. In turn, he taught many heroes - Jason (for whose journey he made the first celestial globe), as well as Dioscurus, Achilles (considered his descendant), whom he fed with lion meat, perhaps Orpheus and others. He taught the medical art to Asclepius and Patroclus, and the hunting art to Actaeon. Participated in the Indian campaign of Dionysus. Experiencing terrible torments, gave up his immortality, transferring it to Prometheus. Placed in the sky in the form of the constellation Centaurus, or Sagittarius.
