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| Jan 5 2009, 7:29 PM EST (current) | ruinousangel | 94 words added, 34 words deleted |
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The chimeraChimera iswas a monstrous beast which ravaged the countryside of Lykia in Anatolia that was believed to be able to breath fire. It was a composite creature, with morethe body thanand onemaned head andof eacha islion, a differentgoat's head rising from its back, a speciesset of animal.goat-udders, Itand a serpentine tail.
The hero Bellerophon iswas saidcommanded to breatheslay fire,it andby mostKing commonlyIobates. depictedHe asrode ainto battle against the beast withon the headsback of athe lionwinged andhorse goat,Pegasus andand, driving a lead-tipped lance down the tailKhimaira's offlaming athroat, snake.suffocated it.
The Chimera may have once been identified with the winter-rising Constellation Capricorn (the serpent-tailed goat).
The hero Bellerophon iswas saidcommanded to breatheslay fire,it andby mostKing commonlyIobates. depictedHe asrode ainto battle against the beast withon the headsback of athe lionwinged andhorse goat,Pegasus andand, driving a lead-tipped lance down the tailKhimaira's offlaming athroat, snake.suffocated it.
The Chimera may have once been identified with the winter-rising Constellation Capricorn (the serpent-tailed goat).
