\b0 The wisest and most just of the \b \cf4 \ATXht10311 Centaurs\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , he was the son of \b \cf4 \ATXht10332 Cronus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 who had conceived him with a daughter of \b \cf4 \ATXht11501 Oceanus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . He lived in a cave on Mount Pelion, in Thessaly, where he taught the art of hunting to \b \cf4 \ATXht10105 Actaeon\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and many he
roes including \b \cf4 \ATXht11000 Jason\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , \b \cf4 \ATXht11610 Peleus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , \b \cf4 \ATXht10104 Achilles\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , and \b \cf4 \ATXht10408 Diomedes\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . He also taught \b \cf4 \ATXht10139 Asclepius\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 medicine. He had been given the gift of prophecy by \b \cf4 \ATXht9 Apollo\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and was also a virtuoso musician. Accidentally struck by a poisoned arrow shot by \b \cf4 \ATXht10811 Heracles\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , he renounced his immortal
ity in favor of \b \cf4 \ATXht11636 Prometheus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 .