Behold, Chiron: a centaur with the head and upper body of a man… and the legs… of a man. Oh, and the back legs and behind of a horse. Since most centaurs have the entire lower body of a horse, Chiron had a higher status among them.

As the son of the Titan god Kronos and the nymph Philyra, it’s no surprise that Chiron was the wisest and justest of all the centaurs in Greek mythology. So, instead of being a violent creature, Chiron took responsibility for training the demigods.

Although he was immortal, Chiron agreed to give up his life after being brutally wounded in exchange for the freedom of Prometheus. Zeus rewarded this by giving Chiron a place in the stars as the constellation Centaurus.