(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon.
An impossible or foolish fantasy or project.
1 A lucky thought occurred to him, to send Bellerophon to combat with the Chimaera .
2 He was afraid lest King Iobates should imagine that he had fled from the Chimaera .
3 Nothing else was ever seen of the dreadful Chimaera !
4 The Chimaera was a fearful monster, breathing fire.
5 But he could not forget the horrible Chimaera which he had promised King Iobates to slay.
6 What an odd person who can also compose the fight between the Sphinx and the Chimaera !
7 Bellerophon, after having vanquished the Chimaera on Pegasus, wished to fly with his winged steed to heaven.
8 On what Chimaera rest then your hopes?
9 Monsters, progeny of the gods,-theHarpies, the Gorgons, Pegasus, Chimaera , Cerberus, Scylla and Charybdis, the Centaurs, the Sphinx.
10 Bellerophon, demigod, conqueror of the Chimaera .
11 Perhaps, after all, the best way to fight a Chimaera is by getting as close to it as you can.
12 Bellerophon mounting, rose with him into the air, and soon found the Chimaera , and gained an easy victory over the monster.
13 Bellerophon mounted him, rose with him into the air, soon found the Chimaera , and gained an easy victory over the monster.
14 For either the Chimaera dies, or its three mouths shall gnaw this head of mine, which has slumbered upon thy neck!
15 Bellerophon hesitated not a moment, but assured the king that he would either slay this dreaded Chimaera , or perish in the attempt.
16 If Bellerophon had been told truly, it was in one of those dismal valleys that the hideous Chimaera had taken up its abode.
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