It's running nice like this ... we're already at number nine, with this time in the lead role: CHIRON, centaur and centipede in various disciplines. But in addition, mainly mentor of a lot of Greek figures.
More in the description I picked from wikipedia.
Background info from wikipedia:
Chiron (Ancient Greek: Χείρων) or Chiron (Latin) is a figure from Greek mythology. He is a centaur, son of the mighty titan Kronos and the oceanide Philyra. Chiron was generally regarded in ancient times as the "good centaur", which distinguishes itself from other centaurs by developing in knowledge and wisdom of music, medicine and archery, healing and art.
He was at the top of the Pilion. Chiron was friends with Peleus and protected him from an attack by hostile Centaurs. Moreover, he told Peleus how he could win the love of Thetis. Achilles was born from the marriage of Peleus and Thetis.
Chiron was famous for his knowledge of medicine, which he passed on to the god Askleipios, and he was also an excellent sculptor. When after the death of his pupil Aktaion his dogs barked and cried of loneliness, the centaur consoled them by making an image of their master.
He was immortal, but when he was wounded by a poisonous arrow from Herakles, he abandoned his immortality to Prometheus for his pains to be redeemed.
