The Education of Achilles

Publilius Statius - Achilleid Book I
Thetis, concerned about her son, seeks out Chiron:

His lofty home bores deep into the mountain, beneath the long, overarching valut of Pelion; part had been hollowed out by toil, part worn away by its own age. Yet the images and couches of the gods are shown, and the places that each had sanctified by his reclining and his sacred presence; within are the Centaur's wide and lofty stalls, far different from those of his wicked brethren.

Here are no spears that have tasted human blood, nor ashen clubs broken in festal conflict, nor mixing bowls shattered upon kindred foemen, but innocent quivers and mighty hides of beasts. These did he take while yet in the prime of age; but now, a warrior no more, his only toil was to learn the herbs that bring health to creatures doubting of their lives, or to describe to his pupil upon his lyre the heroes of old time.