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1 It is said that Cronus assumed the shape of ahorse when he consorted with Philyra, and that, we are told, was why Chiron was born acentaur, half-man, half-horse. SeeScholiast on Ap. Rhod., Argon.i.554.
2 As to the offspring of Dawn and Astraeus, seeHes. Th. 378ff.
3 As to this parentage of Hecate, seeHes. Th. 409ff. But the ancients were not agreed on thesubject. See theScholiast on Ap. Rhod., Argon. iii.467. He tells us thataccording to the Orphic hymns, Hecate was a daughter of Deo; according to Bacchylides, adaughter of Night; according to Musaeus, a daughter of Zeus and Asteria; and accordingto Pherecydes, a daughter of Aristaeus.
4 For this brood ofabstractions, the offspring of Styx andPallas, seeHes. Th.383ff.;Hyginus, Fab. p. 30, ed. Bunte.
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