Chimera of Arezzo made its home at the National Archaeological Museum in Florence. As the sculpture made its way through the Florence museums, it increasingly attracted the attention of both artists and historians. Typical iconography of the Chimera myth depicts the warrior Bellerophon as he confronts the Chimera, or rides atop or alongside it. This iconography began to appear upon Greek vessels in 600 BCE. The Chimera of Arezzo presents a very detailed and complex composition that most likely was meant for display and viewing in the round. The Chimera is clearly expressing pain throughout its body. Its form is contorted, its face
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