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| | Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 692 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | He lived on mount Pelion, from which he, like the other centaurs, was expelled by the Lapithae ; but sacrifices were offered to him there by the Magnesians until a very late period, and the family of the Chei-ronidae in that neighbourhood, who were distinguished for their knowledge of medicine, were regarded as his descendants. |
 | | Cheiron saved him from the hands of the other centaurs, who were on the point of killing him, and he also restored to him the sword which Acastus had concealed. |
 | | Heracles shot at them, and one of his arrows struck Cheiron, who, although immortal, would not live any longer, and gave his immortality to Prometheus.- According to others, Cheiron, in looking at one of the arrows, dropped it on his foot, and wounded himself. |
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