Editing Chimera (mythology) (section)

==Description==
[[File:Bellerophon mosaic, Nîmes - panel 5 Bellerophon (Nîmes, Mus Arch).jpg|thumb|upright|A [[Roman mosaic]] of [[Bellerophon]] riding [[Pegasus]] and slaying the Chimera, 2nd to 3rd centuries AD, [[Musée de la Romanité]]]]
Homer described the Chimera in the ''[[Iliad]]'', saying that "she was of divine stock not of men, in the fore part a lion, in the hinder a serpent, and in the midst a goat, breathing forth in terrible wise the might of blazing fire."<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D6%3Acard%3D156 6.180–182]</ref> Hesiod and Apollodorus gave similar descriptions: a three-headed creature with a lion in front, a [[fire-breathing monster|fire-breathing goat]] in the middle, and a serpent in the rear.<ref>Hesiod ''Theogony'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+319 319–324 (Evelyn-White)]: "a creature fearful, great, swift-footed and strong, who had three heads, one of a grim-eyed [[lion]]; in her hinderpart, a [[dragon]]; and in her middle, a [[goat]], breathing forth a fearful blast of blazing fire."; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.3.1 2.3.1]: it had the fore part of a lion, the tail of a dragon, and its third head, the middle one, was that of a goat, through which it belched fire ... a single creature with the power of three beasts".</ref>