‘Time and tide for no man wait’: Cheiron’s qualities complicated in John Updike’s The Centaur
This article will consider how Cheiron’s personal and divine powers, as described in the ancient texts, are portrayed and developed in John Updike’s novel The Centaur. Cheiron’s qualities equip him to tutor and mentor mythical heroes, and he is particularly famous for his role as tutor to Achilles,...
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New Classicists
2020-05-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.newclassicists.com/journals?lightbox=dataItem-k9zw6li4 |