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Who was the hero of the chimera?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The general consensus is that Bellerphon slayed the Chimera (which had the heads of a lion, goat and the tail of a snake) with the help of the Pegasus in Greek Myth, though it/they started as Lycian myth. The first reference in print is Homer's Iliad.

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