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  1. 1. a. capitalized : a fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. b. : an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts. 2. : an illusion or fabrication of the mind. especially : an unrealizable dream.

  2. The term "chimera" has come to describe any mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals, to describe anything composed of disparate parts or perceived as wildly imaginative, implausible, or dazzling. In other words, a chimera can be any hybrid creature.

  3. May 14, 2024 · Chimera, in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing female monster resembling a lion in the forepart, a goat in the middle, and a dragon behind. She devastated Caria and Lycia until she was slain by Bellerophon.

  4. May 28, 2017 · A Chimera is a Greek monster with traits of the lion, the goat, and the serpent. This strange and terrifying creature was once thought to be invincible, but its reign of terror eventually came to a gruesome end.

  5. Jul 15, 2020 · The Chimera was a fire-breathing monster from Greek mythology. It had the front of a lion, the torso of a goat, and the tail of a serpent. The Chimera’s image remained consistent throughout the Greco-Roman era. It was shown with three heads, each of a different animal, growing along the length of its body.

  6. Mar 22, 2023 · The Chimera, one of the terrifying offspring of Typhoeus and Echidna, was a hybrid monster made up of the body parts of a lion, a goat, and a snake. Many sources claimed that it also breathed fire.

  7. any grotesque monster having disparate parts, as depicted or described in art, legend, fantasy fiction, video games, etc. a strange, horrible, or impossible idea or figment of the imagination: He is far different from the chimera your fears have made of him. Without equality, unity is a chimera.

  8. Oct 3, 2022 · Chimera is a monstrous creature from Greek mythology that was said to be a combination of different animals. It is often described as having the body of a lion, the head of a goat that sprouts from its back, and a tail that ends in a snake's head.

  9. www.greekmythology.com › Myths › CreaturesChimaera - Greek Mythology

    The Chimaera was a hybrid monster in Greek mythology, child of Typhoeus and Echidna and sibling of Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra. It had the head and body of a lion, as well as the head of a goat that was attached to its back, and a tail that ended on a head of a snake.

  10. THE KHIMAIRA (Chimera) was a three-headed monster which ravaged the countryside of Lykia (Lycia) in Anatolia. It was a bizarre fire-breathing creature with the body and head of a lion, a goat's head rising from its back, the udders of a goat, and a serpent for a tail.

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