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Chimera
In Greek Mythology, the Chimera or Chimaera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. Descriptions vary–some say it had the body of a goat, the hindquarters of a snake or dragon and the head of a lion, though others say it had heads of both the goat and lion, with a snake
for a tail. All descriptions, however, agree that it breathed fire from one or more of its heads.
The Chimera was finally defeated by Bellerophon with the help of Pegasus, the winged horse, at the command of King Iobates of Lycia. There are varying descriptions of its death–some say merely that Bellerophon ran it through on his spear, whereas others say that he fitted his
spear point with lead that melted when exposed to the Chimera's fiery breath and consquently killed it.
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