CHIMAERA  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-breathing See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• MONSTER (Lat. monstrum, from root of monere, to warn; i.e. something terrible or portentous)
• MONSTER, GEORG, COUNT ZU (1776-1844)

monster resembling a See also:

• LION
• LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)

lion in the fore See also:

• PART

part, a See also:

• GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle, and a See also:

• DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

dragon behind (Iliad, vi . 179), with three heads corresponding . She devastated See also:

• CARIA

Caria and See also:

• LYCIA

Lycia until she was finally slain by See also:

• BELLEROPHON, or BELLEROPHONTES

Bellerophon (see H . A . See also:

• FISCHER
• FISCHER, EMIL (1852– )
• FISCHER, ERNST KUNO BERTHOLD (1824–1907)

Fischer, Bellerophon, 1851) . The origin of the myth was the volcanic nature of the See also:

• SOIL

soil of Lycia (See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, Nat . Hist. ii . 1 io; Servius on Aeneid, vi 288), where See also:

• WORKS

works have been found containing representations of the Chimaera in the See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a lion . In See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• ART

art the Chimaera is usually represented as a lion, with a goat's See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head in the middle of the back, as in the See also:

• BRONZE

bronze Chimaera of See also:

• AREZZO (anc. Arretium)

Arezzo (5th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century) . The word is now used generally to denote a fantastic See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea or fiction of the See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination .