Bellerophon ease, with the privations suffered by the good—is apparently the basis for Aristophanes' imputation of "atheism" to the poet. The replacement of Bellerophon by the more familiar culture hero Perseus was a development of Classical times that was standardized during the Middle Ages and has been adopted by the European poets of the Renaissance and later. 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
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