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Menander, Monostichoi, 419

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
la Chimère, monstre de Lycie soufflant du feu, avec tête de lion, corps de chèvre et queue de serpent.
Étymologie: χίμαιρα.

English (Autenrieth)

the Chimaera, a monster sent as a plague upon Lydia, but slain by Bellerophon, described Il. 6.179-182. (The cut is from an Etruscan bronze figure of large size in the museum at Florence.)

English (Slater)

Χῐμαιρα a monster slain by Bellerophon.
   1 Χίμαιραν πῦρ πνέοισαν καὶ Σολύμους ἔπεφνεν (O. 13.90)