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Significados de Chimaera en inglés

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(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon.

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An impossible or foolish fantasy or project.

Uso de Chimaera en inglés
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A lucky thought occurred to him, to send Bellerophon to combat with the Chimaera.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
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He was afraid lest King Iobates should imagine that he had fled from the Chimaera.
My First Cruise, and Other stories
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Nothing else was ever seen of the dreadful Chimaera!
My First Cruise, and Other stories
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The Chimaera was a fearful monster, breathing fire.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
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But he could not forget the horrible Chimaera which he had promised King Iobates to slay.
My First Cruise, and Other stories
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What an odd person who can also compose the fight between the Sphinx and the Chimaera!
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
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Bellerophon, after having vanquished the Chimaera on Pegasus, wished to fly with his winged steed to heaven.
Selections from Erasmus: Principally from his Epistles
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On what Chimaera rest then your hopes?
The Monk: A Romance
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Monsters, progeny of the gods,-theHarpies, the Gorgons, Pegasus, Chimaera, Cerberus, Scylla and Charybdis, the Centaurs, the Sphinx.
Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for P...
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Bellerophon, demigod, conqueror of the Chimaera.
Legends of Charlemagne
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Perhaps, after all, the best way to fight a Chimaera is by getting as close to it as you can.
My First Cruise, and Other stories
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Bellerophon mounting, rose with him into the air, and soon found the Chimaera, and gained an easy victory over the monster.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
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Bellerophon mounted him, rose with him into the air, soon found the Chimaera, and gained an easy victory over the monster.
The Age of Fable
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For either the Chimaera dies, or its three mouths shall gnaw this head of mine, which has slumbered upon thy neck!
My First Cruise, and Other stories
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Bellerophon hesitated not a moment, but assured the king that he would either slay this dreaded Chimaera, or perish in the attempt.
My First Cruise, and Other stories
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If Bellerophon had been told truly, it was in one of those dismal valleys that the hideous Chimaera had taken up its abode.
My First Cruise, and Other stories
Translations for Chimaera
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Chimaera a través del tiempo