Χείρων
ωνος, ὁ
A.
Cheiron, one of the Centaurs, δικαιότατος Κενταίρων Il. 11.832; son of Cronus and Philyra, Hes. Th. 1001, etc.: teacher of Achilles, Il. l. c., 16.143, 19.390; of Asclepius and Jason, Pi. N. 3.53; worshipped as the father of the Art of Medicine, Plu. 2.647a: Χείρωνος ὑποθῆκαι, title of a poem ascribed to Hes., Quint. Inst. 1.1.15, Sch. Pi. P. 6.16.
II.
Χείρωνος ῥίζα, = πάνακες τὸ Χειρώνειον (v. Χειρώνειος 11, Nic. Th. 500.