concept
Chimaera
the Chimaera
The fire-breathing monster — lion, goat, and serpent — native to Lycia, which is therefore called 'Chimaera-bearing'.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §6.139 Chimaera-bearing
The fire-breathing Lycian monster (lion, goat, serpent); Lycia is called 'Chimaera-bearing' after it.
- Sorrows §4.7 Chimaera
The fire-breathing lion-goat-serpent monster of Lycia; an impossibility cited in the same list.