This 1918 image shows Chiron (Cheiron) the Centaur giving Peleus the great spear, a scene from Homer’s Odyssey. Chiron was a guest at the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. Chiron presented Peleus with a spear made from ash, which had been polished by Athena and given its metal point by Hephaestus. This spear would later be owned by the son of Peleus, Achilles, the Greek hero of the Trojan War.

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