Chimera
By: Courtney & Luis
Background
- Chimera was made to terrorize people.
- Spawn by Typhoeus and Enchinda.
- Siblings are Cerberus, Lernaean, and Hydra.
- Live in Lycia
- It has strength and speed
- A female/she-goat.
- Sight of it was a omen of storms, shipwrecks, and natural disasters.
- Omen- an event regarding good or evil.
Description
- A lion and goat combined.
- Has a snake or dragon tail.
- Breathes fire.
- One of a kind.
- Wings.
How she was killed.
- Killed by Bellerrophon he was sent by King of Caria.
- A lead-tipped lance down her flaming throat and suffocated.
Lance - a long weapon for thrusting, having a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head.
Citation
"Chimaera." Chimaera. GreekMythology.comTM., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2014. <http://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Chimaera/chimaera.html>.
"Chimera (mythology)." Princeton University. CC-BY-SA, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2014. <https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Chimera_%28mythology%29.html>.
Sawyer, Sarah. "Mythic Creature: The Chimera." Sarah Sawyer. Camna, LLC., 9 Mar. 2011. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. <http://www.sarahsawyer.com/2011/03/mythic-creature-the-chimera/>.