Chiron look like Hera. Chiron was the son of Cronus and Philyra. Soon after giving birth to Chiron, Philyra abandoned her child out of shame and disgust. Chiron, effectively orphaned, was later found by the god Apollo, who decided to take him in as his son. Apollo taught to him the art of music, lyre, archery, medicine and prophecy. Apollo’s twin sister, Artemis, later approved of his decision and taught him more about archery and hunting. Chiron's uniquely peaceful character, kindness and intelligence is attributed to Apollo and also to Artemis. Some sources speculate that Chiron was originally a Thessalian god,
History of the Greek alphabet writing engraved on certain tripods in the temple of Apollo at Thebes. He estimated that those tripods dated back to the time of Laius, the great-grandson of Cadmus. On one of the tripods there was this inscription in Cadmean writing, which as he attested, resembled Ionian letters: (""Amphitryon dedicated me from the spoils of [the battle of] Teleboae.""). A second tripod bears the inscription in hexameter verse: . (""Scaeus the boxer, victorious in the contest, dedicated me to Apollo, the archer god, a lovely offering""). Herodotus estimated that if Scaeus, the son of Hippocoon was the dedicator and not another