Fragment #6-

Name: Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica - Fragment #6
Author: Hesiod

Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius, Arg. i. 554: The author of the "War of the Giants" says that Cronos took the shape of a horse and lay with Philyra, the daughter of Ocean. Through this cause Cheiron was born a centaur: his wife was Chariclo.

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