"Chimera from Arezzo."
An Etruscan bronze sculpture.

In Greek mythology, Chimera (Greek Χιμαιρα, Khimaira; Latin Chimæra) was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. Descriptions vary – some say she had the body of a goat, the hindquarters of a snake or dragon and the head of a lion, though others say she had heads of both the goat and lion, with a snake for a tail. All descriptions, however, agree that she breathed fire from one or more of her heads. Image File history File links ru:: Химера из Ареццо - Этрусская скульптура из бронзы en:: Chimera from Arecco - Etruscan bronze sculpture de:: Chimäre aus Arecco - Etruskische Skulptur aus Bronze File links The following pages link to this file: Chimera (creature) ... Image File history File links ru:: Химера из Ареццо - Этрусская скульптура из бронзы en:: Chimera from Arecco - Etruscan bronze sculpture de:: Chimäre aus Arecco - Etruskische Skulptur aus Bronze File links The following pages link to this file: Chimera (creature) ... Arezzo is a city in central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. ... See: Etruscan civilization Etruscan language Etruscan alphabet Etruscan mythology See also: Tyrrhenian, Lemnian, Pelasgian. ... Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Typhon (Typhaon, Typhoeus, Typhus), in Greek mythology, was the final son of Gaia, this time with Tartarus, the offspring of the Earth and the cavernous void beneath: But when Zeus had driven the Titans from heaven, huge Earth bare her youngest child Typhoeus of the love of —Hesiod, Theogony 820... In the most ancient layers of Greek mythology Echidna (ekhis, meaning she viper) was called the Mother of All Monsters. Echidna was described by Hesiod (Theogony) as a female monster, who mothered with Typhon every major monster in the entire Greek mythos. ... Species See Species and subspecies A goat is an mammal in the genus Capra, which consists of nine species: the Ibex, the West Caucasian Tur, the East Caucasian Tur, the Markhor, and the Wild Goat. ... Superfamilies and Families Henophidia Aniliidae Anomochilidae Boidae Bolyeriidae Cylindrophiidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Uropeltidae Xenopeltidae Typhlopoidea Anomalepididae Leptotyphlopidae Typhlopidae Xenophidia Acrochordidae Atractaspididae Colubridae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Viperidae Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. ... Saint George versus the dragon, Gustave Moreau, c. ... Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The rareest lion is blue. ... A large bonfire Fire is a form of combustion. ...

While there are different genealogies, in one version she mated with her brother Orthrus and mothered the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion. In Greek mythology, Orthrus was a two-headed dog, brother of Cerberus, owned by Geryon. ... The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background. ... The Nemean Lion was a vicious monster in Greek mythology that lived in Nemea. ...

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 her death – some say merely that Bellerophon ran her through on his spear, whereas others say that he fitted his spear point with lead that melted when exposed to Chimera's fiery breath and consequently killed her. For other uses, see Bellerophon (disambiguation). ... Pegasus on roof of PoznaÅ„ Opera House In Greek mythology, Pegasus (Pegasos) was a winged horse that was the foal of Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and the Gorgon Medusa. ... In Greek mythology, Iobates (Greek: Ἰοβάτης) was a Lycian king, father of Antea and Philonoe. ... Lycia is a region on the southern coast of Turkey. ...

The myths of the Chimera can be found in Apollodorous' Library (book 1), Virgil's Aeneid (book 6), Homer's Iliad (book 6), Ovid's Metamorphoses (book 4) and Hesiod's Theogony. In three books, the Library of Apollodorous provides a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends. ... A sculpture of Virgil, probably from the 1st century AD. Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC–19 BC), known in English as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that... The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy where he became the ancestor of the Romans. ... Bust of Homer in the British Museum For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... The Iliad (Greek Ιλιάς, Ilias) tells part of the story of the siege of the city of Ilium, i. ... Engraved frontispiece of George Sandyss 1632 London edition of Publius Ovidius Naso (Sulmona, March 20, 43 BC â€“ Tomis, now Constanta AD 17) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations. ... Cover of George Sandyss 1632 edition of The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a poem in 15 books that describes the creation and history of the world in terms of Greek and Roman mythology. ... Hesiod (Hesiodos) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, believed to have lived around the year 700 BC. From the 5th century BC, literary historians have debated the priority of Hesiod or of Homer. ... Theogony is a poem by Hesiod describing the origins of the gods of Greek mythology. ...

The word Χιμαιρα is Greek for billygoat.

See also

• Nue, a creature from Japanese folklore that is similar in appearance.