 | Telemachus Thomas Timayenis - Greece - 1880 - 484 pages
...and of a daughter of Sisyphus, king of Corinth, kills the Chimsera, a fire-spouting monster which had the head of a lion, the tail of a serpent, and the body of a goat. The hero only succeeded in accomplishing this deed by the aid of Poseidon, who gave him Pegasus, a... | |
 | Virgil - 1904 - 520 pages
...288. horrendum: for the construction see note on grave olentis, line 201. Chimaera: a fire-breathing monster, with the head of a lion, the tail of a serpent, and the body of a goat ; whence the name, 289. Harpyiae: see the note on iii. 209. forma tricorporis umbrae : the reference... | |
 | Virgil - Epic poetry, Latin - 1905 - 524 pages
...288. horrendum: for the construction see note on grave olentis, line 201. Chimaera : afire-breathing monster, with the head of a lion, the tail of a serpent, and the body of a goat ; whence the name, 289. Harpyiae: see the note on iii. 209. forma tricorporis umbrae : the reference... | |
 | J.C. Segen - Medical - 1992 - 982 pages
...Freemartin, Mosaics Note: The chimera of Greek mythology was a female monster that breathed fire, had the head of a lion, the tail of a serpent and the body of a goat (Iliad 6.181-82, Theogony 319ff) China paralytic syndrome An acute flaccid paralysis of unknown etiology... | |
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Chimaera: a fire-breathing monster, with the head of a lion, the tail of a serpent, and the body of a goat ; whence the name, 289. 