Bellerophon Bellerophon Bellerophon (; Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφῶν) or Bellerophontes () is a hero of Greek mythology. He was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles", and his greatest feat was killing the Chimera, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail: "her breath came out in terrible blasts of burning flame." Bellerophon was born at Corinth and was the son of the mortal Eurynome by either her husband Glaucus, or Poseidon. One possible etymology that has been suggested is: Βελλεροφόντης from βέλεμνον, βελόνη, βέλος
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