CHIMERA


Meaning of CHIMERA in English

[Greek] In Greek mythology, the Chimera is a monster, depicted as an animal with the head of a lion, the body of a she-goat, and the tail of a dragon (sometimes it has multiple heads). It is a child of Typhon and Echidna. It terrorized Lycia (in Asia Minor), but was eventually killed by the Corinthian hero Bellerophon.

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии.