He was the son of the Titan Cronus and the Oceanid Philyra,[2][6][7] and thus possible brother to Dolops[8] and Aphrus, the ancestor and eponym of the Aphroi, i.e. the native Africans.[9] Chiron lived predominantly on Mount Pelion; there he married the nymph Chariclo who bore him three daughters, Hippe (also known as Melanippe meaning the "black mare" or Euippe, "good mare"), Endeïs, and Ocyrhoe, and one son Carystus. A different source also stated that his wife was called Nais[citation needed] while a certain Aristaeus was called his son.[10]