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Headword:
Cheirôn
Adler number: chi,267
Translated headword: Cheiron, Chiron
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A Centaur; [the one] who first discovered medical treatment with plants; [he wrote] an epic poem Advice (which he gives to Achilles); also Horse-Medicine -- hence his name Centaur.
Greek Original:Cheirôn, Kentauros: hos prôtos heuren iatrikên dia botanôn: Hupothêkas di' epôn, has poieitai pros Achillea: kai Hippiatrikon: dio kai Kentauros ônomasthê.
Notes:
Keywords: botany; chronology; epic; medicine; mythology; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 29 April 2003@08:32:27.
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