Described as a hybrid monster with the body of a lion, a goat’s head on its back and a snake-shaped tail, it embodies the idea of an impossible fusion between different worlds.
According to the myth, the Chimera lived in Lycia, a region of present-day Türkiye, where it terrorized the inhabitants with its devastating strength. She was the daughter of Typhon and Echidna, ancestral monsters, and terrorized Lycia until the hero Bellerophon, with the help of the winged horse Pegasus, managed to defeat her.
Described as a hybrid monster with the body of a lion, a goat’s head on its back and a snake-shaped tail, it embodies the idea of an impossible fusion between different worlds.
According to the myth, the Chimera lived in Lycia, a region of present-day Türkiye, where it terrorized the inhabitants with its devastating strength. She was the daughter of Typhon and Echidna, ancestral monsters, and terrorized Lycia until the hero Bellerophon, with the help of the winged horse Pegasus, managed to defeat her.