BELLEROPHON (rider of Pegasus, slayer of the Chimera)
Hero · Hero in Greek myth who rode Pegasus and killed the Chimera
- Parents
- Glaucus, Poseidon, Eurynome
- Siblings
- Piren, Alcimenes, Deliades
- Consorts
- Phylonoe, Alcimedusa
- Children
- Hippolochus, Deidameia, Laodamia, Hydissus, Glaucus of Lycia, Isander
- Symbols and gear
- Pegasus
- Haunts and cult places
- Lycia
- In the sources
- 29 ancient passages
In Godsunder
At the height of their saga. Heroes begin the campaign weaker and grow with every deed.
- Might12
- Grace12
- Vigour14
- Wits14
- Spirit18
- Sky Shot. Bellerophon killed the fire-breathing Chimera, a monster with three distinct animal heads, by riding Pegasus to attack it from the sky and shooting it down while flying high above it, an exploit depicted on the seat of the Asclepius statue and as destroying a beast in Lycia. Apollodorus 1.9.3
- Guidance of Athena. Athena provided the most assistance to Bellerophontes. Pausanias 2.4.1
In the myths
Iobates commanded Bellerophon to fight the Solymi, expecting the mission to kill him, and Bellerophon completed the task, which he described as his hardest battle. Apollodorus 2.3.1 +5 Bellerophon captured Pegasus while the winged horse was drinking at the fountain Peirene by using a softening charm to bind its jaw, and Athena delivered the tamed and bridled creature to him. Pausanias 2.4.1 +2 Bellerophon attempted to enter the divine dwellings to join Zeus's company, which caused him to become hated by all the gods. Iliad 6 ¶16 +1 Iobates commanded him to combat the Amazons, and he killed them in the subsequent battle. Apollodorus 2.3.2 +1 Iobates ordered the bravest Lycians to ambush and kill him, but Bellerophon killed every Lycian warrior placed in ambush against him. Apollodorus 2.3.2 +1 Proetus sent him a secret letter to Iobates ordering his execution. Apollodorus 2.3.1 +1 Bellerophon flew upward after securing the horse, but Pegasus threw him when he tried to enter the heavenly habitations. Pindar, Isthmian 6 ¶6 +1
