. Grecian and Roman mythology . , on which hais still laboring with skilful hand. CENTAURS. The Centaurs were a tribe ofThessaly, fabled to have beenhalf men and half horse, and arealways mentioned in connectionwith the Lapiths. The formerare twice spoken of in the Iliad,under the name of Wild-men, andonce in the Odyssey. They ap-pear to have been a rude, moun-tain tribe, dwelling on and aboutMount Pelion. Cheiron, who is called by Ho-mer the most upright of theCentaurs, was intrusted with the care of rearing Iason, Medeios, He-racles, Asclepios, and Achilleus. Besides his knowledge of the mus
. Grecian and Roman mythology . , on which hais still laboring with skilful hand. CENTAURS. The Centaurs were a tribe ofThessaly, fabled to have beenhalf men and half horse, and arealways mentioned in connectionwith the Lapiths. The formerare twice spoken of in the Iliad,under the name of Wild-men, andonce in the Odyssey. They ap-pear to have been a rude, moun-tain tribe, dwelling on and aboutMount Pelion. Cheiron, who is called by Ho-mer the most upright of theCentaurs, was intrusted with the care of rearing Iason, Medeios, He-racles, Asclepios, and Achilleus. Besides his knowledge of the musicalart, which he imparted to his heroic pupils, he was also skilled in sur-gery, which he taught to Asclepios and In the contest between Heracles and the Centaurs, Cheiron wasaccidentally wounded by one of the heros arrows. Grieved at thisunhappy event, Heracles ran to him, drew out the arrow, and applieda remedy which had been given him by Cheiron himself; but in venom of the Hydra was not to be 416 GRECIAN AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY. Cheiron entered a cave, longing to die, but was unable, on accountof his immortality. He prayed to Zeus for relief, when he was raisedto the sky, where he appears as the constellation Sagittarius. ATALANTA. lasos, or Iasion, a descendant of Areas, was married to Clymene, adaughter of Minyas. He was anxious for a male offspring, and there-fore, disappointed at her birth, he exposed the babe in the mountains,where she was suckled by a bear, and at last found by some hunters,who named her Atalanta, and reared her. She followed the chase, andwas alike distinguished for beauty and courage. The Centaurs, Rhoe-cos and Hylseos, approaching her with evil intentions, perished by herarrows. She distinguished herself in the Calydonian hunt, and at thefuneral games of Pelias, she won the prize in wrestling. Atalanta was afterwards recognized by her parents. Her fatherwished her to marry, to which she consented, on condition that hers
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