Χείρων,ωνος,ὁ, Aeol.
Χέρρων
Alc. Supp. 8.9 , Dor. and Thess.Χιρων [ῑ] IG 12(3).360 (Thera), Supp.Epigr. 1.248.6 (Thessaly,iv B.C.):—
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 .