one of the Centaurs; son of Saturn and Philyra
Latin word, found 38 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Georgics 3.550: Phillyrides Chiron Amythaoniusque Melampus.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.630: eripuit geminique tulit Chironis in antrum;
Statius, Achilleis 1.896: et dulci Chirone mihi. sed corda parumper