...monsters of the East, else indeed he were no Hero. So the Asiatic Chimaera, a composite threefold, with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon is conquered by the Greek Hero Bellerophon. Griffins, hippogriffs, fishy half-forms of the sea...

...passengers and goods from port to port on the coast. P. 141, 1. 7. chimera. A fabled monster said to have the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent. P. 141, 1. 8. fire-god. Hephaestus. See Iliad, XXI. 342. P. 141, 1. 8. Scamander. A famous little stream...

...mysteries. See Book II. , note 8. IX. 4. Stesichorus (ste-sik'o-rus, 632-552 BC). 5. Chimera (kf-me'ra) : a fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent. X. 8. Orpheus (6r'fe-us) : a celebrated mythical poet and musician. 10. See V. 3. 11. See VII. 4. UNIVERSITY...

...water is common « The Chimcem.]—Ver. 339. The Chimsera, according to the poets, was a monster having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. It seems, however, that it was nothing more than a volcanic mountain of Lycia. in Asia Minor,...

...Chim.-c'ra. A wild illusion, personified in the monster slain by Bellerophon. It had the head and breast of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent. It used ' to vomit fire. . . . " And on the craggy top Chimera dwelSs, with lion's face and mane, A...

...common " The Chimmm.}—Ver. 33g. The Chimsera, accnrding to the poets, was a monster having the hea'l of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. It seems, however, that it was nothing more than a volcanic mountain of Lycia. in Asia Minor,...

...428. ' Homer, Iliad, v. 268— 270 reckonings, were (i) The Chimaera, the ship of the cycleyear, the monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, slain by Bellerophon or Baal Raphon, the sun-physician of the eleven-months year ; (2) The...

...personified as a monster, 3, 420. Chimaera, ae, f. I. A monster, said to have infested Lycia, having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, and breathing out fire, 6, 288. 2. The name of one of the ships of Aeneas, 5, 118. chlamys,...

...He was afterwards worshipped as a hero at Corinth. The Chimaera was a firebreathing monster having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. So impossible is such a creature that his name has been applied to any strange or foolish fancy...

...intention to combat the heresies of England. The Chimaera, which was the sister of Hydra, к? depicted with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. The reputed offspring of the last monster, to wit, the Sphinx, appears in heraldic guise. It...