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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Chiron

[Kiron]. The centaur who taught Achilles music, medicine, and hunting. Jupiter placed him in heaven among the stars, where he is called Sagittarius (the Archer).

Chiron,
according to Dantë, has watch over the lake of boiling blood, in the seventh circle of hell.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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