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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > gods ~ classical mythology > gods of the earth and fertility ~ life in mountains and woods > centaurs > single named centaurs > (story of) Chiron > suffering, misfortune of Chiron > death of Chiron: he is mortally wounded in the knee by one of Hercules' arrows, in the latter's fight against the centaurs > Chiron gives up his immortality in favour of Prometheus

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92L721682Chiron gives up his immortality in favour of Prometheus  

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  • ancient history
  • arrow
  • centaur
  • Chiron
  • classical antiquity
  • death
  • earth
  • fertility
  • forest
  • gods
  • Hercules
  • history
  • immortality
  • knee
  • misfortune
  • mountain
  • mythology
  • Prometheus
  • renouncing
  • suffering
  • wounded person

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http://iconclass.org/92L721682

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