WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
Nature The World Movies USA Top Art Fine & Rare History Ivy & Inquiry
Philyra (Oceanid)
Videos
In Greek mythology, Philyra or Phillyra was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
Philyra e Saturno, by Parmigianino, oil on panel, 16th century
Philyra e Saturno, by Parmigianino, oil on panel, 16th century
Pygmalion
Pygmalion
Apollo and Daphne
Apollo and Daphne
Io changed into a cow, Mercury cuts of Argus's head
Io changed into a cow, Mercury cuts of Argus's head
Chiron
Videos
In Greek mythology, Chiron, also Cheiron or Kheiron, was held to be the superlative centaur amongst his brethren since he was called the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs".
Philyra (Oceanid)
…was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. By the Titan Cronus, Philyra was the mother of the centaur Chiron. Cronus' wife Rhea walked in on them, thereupon Cronus assumed the form of a stallion and galloped away, in order not to be caught by her, hence the…
The Education of Achilles by Chiron, fresco from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples)
The Education of Achilles by Chiron, fresco from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples)
Chiron, Peleus, and infant Achilles
Chiron, Peleus, and infant Achilles
Peleus wrestling Thetis between Chiron and a Nereid. Side B of an Attic black-figure amphora, c. 510 BC.
Peleus wrestling Thetis between Chiron and a Nereid. Side B of an Attic black-figure amphora, c. 510 BC.
Clay centaur figurine found at Lefkandi, dated to 1050–900 BC and thought to be an early representation of Chiron
Clay centaur figurine found at Lefkandi, dated to 1050–900 BC and thought to be an early representation of Chiron