Philyra

Family: Thessalian · Role: mother of Chiron · First appears: Book I 4

Life events

Cronos deceives Rhea, and Rhea discovers him with Philyra.(Book II 10)
- With: Cronos Rhea
- “Cronos, son of Uranus, what time in Olympus he reigned over the Titans, and Zeus was yet being nurtured in a Cretan cave by the Curetes of Ida, lay beside Philyra, when he had deceived Rhea; and the goddess found them in the midst of their dalliance;”
Philyra gives birth to Cheiron after uniting with the transformed Cronos.(Book II 10 · 📍 long Pelasgian ridges)
- With: Cronos Cheiron
- “and Cronos leapt up from the couch with a rush in the form of a steed with flowing mane, but Ocean’s daughter, Philyra, in shame left the spot and those haunts, and came to the long Pelasgian ridges, where by her union with the transfigured deity she brought forth huge Cheiron, half like a horse, half like a god.”

child: Cheiron “And there came down from the mountain-top to the sea Chiron, son of Philyra”

with Cronos (interaction) “lay beside Philyra, when he had deceived Rhea; and the goddess found them in the midst of their dalliance;”
parent: Ocean “but Ocean’s daughter, Philyra, in shame left the spot and those haunts,”
child: Cheiron “where by her union with the transfigured deity she brought forth huge Cheiron, half like a horse, half like a god.”

Extracted from the original text of The Argonautica. Made with Rho MD.