Chimera of Arezzo sculpture was likely created as a votive offering to the Etruscan god Tinia. According to Greek mythology the Chimera or "she-goat" was a monstrous, fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, created by the binding of multiple animal parts to create a singular unnatural creature. As the offspring of Typhon and Echidna, the Chimera ravaged the lands of Lycia at a disastrous pace. Distressed by the destruction of his lands, the king of Lycia, Iobates, ordered a young warrior named Bellerophon to slay the dreaded Chimera, also as a favor to a neighboring king, Proetus. Proteus wanted Bellerophon dead
Chimera (Dungeons & Dragons) tear with lion fangs, and with a dragon's head that can bite or breathe fire. The chimera appears in the first edition "Monster Manual" (1977), where it is described as a three-headed creature that can bite with its lion head, gore with its goat head, and breathe fire with its dragon head. A relative of both the chimera and the gorgon, the gorgimera first appeared in the module "The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth" (1982). The gorgimera next appeared in "Monster Manual II" (1983). The chimera is further detailed in "Dragon" #94 (February 1985), in "The Ecology of the Chimera," by