Bellerophon

Bellerophon in Wikipedia

Bellerophon (Βελλεροφῶν) or Bellerophontes (Βελλεροφόντης) was a hero of Greek mythology. He was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside of Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles",[1] whose greatest feat was killing the Chimera, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail: "her br...

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Bellerophon in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

or BELLEROPHON (Βελλεροφῶν or Βελλεροφόντης), properly called Hipponous, was a son of the Corinthian king, Glaucus and Eurymede, and a grandson of Sisyphus. (Apollod. 1.9.3; Hom. il. 6.155.) According to Hyginus (Hyg. Fab. 157; comp. Pind. O. 13.66), he was a son of Poseidon and Eurymede. He is said to have received the name Bellerophon or Be...

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