Pegasides Pegasides Pegasides () were nymphs of Greek mythology connected with wells and springs, specifically those that the mythical horse Pegasus created by striking the ground with his hooves. According to Greek mythological tradition the winged horse Pegasus was the son of Poseidon, sea and river god of the Greeks, equivalent to the Roman Neptune. The hero Bellerophon needed the untamed Pegasus to help him defeat the monster Chimera. Hence, while Pegasus was drinking at the spring Pirene in Corinth, Bellerophon caught him. Pegasus, startled, struck a rock with his hoof, creating the spring Hippocrene on Mount Helicon. The name Pegasides
Chimera (Dungeons & Dragons) for this edition (2000). The chimeric creature template appeared in "Monster Manual II" (2002), including the chimeric ankheg as a sample creature. The chimera appears in the revised "Monster Manual" for this edition (2003). The maurid advanced chimera appeared in "Dungeon" #112 (July 2004), as part of the Maure Castle adventure. The dungeonbred blue chimera appeared in "Dungeonscape" (2007). The gorgimera returned in "Dungeon" #151 (October 2007). The chimera appears in the "Monster Manual" for this edition (2008). The chimera appears in the "Monster Manual" for this edition (2014). A chimera has the hindquarters of a goat, the forequarters of