 | Tressan (M. l'abbé de) - 1797 - 540 Seiten
...frightful monfter called Chimaera, which laid waftc the country. This monfter was of immortal defcent; it had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon ; it vomited from its mouth volumes of fire and fmoke. The young hero however,... | |
 | John Rowbotham - 1838 - 404 Seiten
...xifiaipa (chimaira), a female yearling goat, a chimera. A monster which was feigned by the poets to have had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon ; it now generally signifies a vain conceit, wild fancy, or an idle dream. Chlo-ro'-sis,... | |
 | Paschal Donaldson - 1854 - 124 Seiten
...daughters of Phorcus and Cete. " The Chimaera was a monster, which was said to vomit forth fire ; it had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. A volcano in Lyeia occasioned this fable ; for in the top of the mountain were... | |
 | George William Cox - 1867 - 253 Seiten
...do, but he imposed on Bellerophon some hard tasks. Bellerophon accordingly slew the Chimaera, which had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. (512) How did he accomplish this? By the aid of the winged horse Pegasus, which... | |
 | Amos Dean - 1869 - 550 Seiten
...on a most dangerous enterprise, viz : to attack and destroy the fire-vomiting Chimsera. This monster had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. The gods were inclined to favor him in the enterprise, and granted him the winged... | |
 | James Veitch & Sons - 1894 - 716 Seiten
...of mythology was a monster, the offspring of Typhon and Echidna, that breathed flames of fire ; it had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. After ravaging Lycia andp the surrounding countries, it was killed by the hero... | |
 | 1896 - 200 Seiten
...men told him of the the terrible chimera that was in the west of his kingdom. This strange creature had the head of a lion, the body of a goat and of a crocodile. Its breath was flames of fire, so the peasants said. Nobody dared to attack it. "Just... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - 1903 - 848 Seiten
...On the other side of this vase the monster is shown with open jaws waiting for Bellerophon. It has the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and a serpent's tail. 1 The Taphanhes of the Bible. ' ' So they came into the land of Egypt, even to Taphanhes. Then came... | |
 | Virgil - 1904 - 524 Seiten
...Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily. Chimaera, ae, f., a fabulous firebreathing monster which had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon ; the name of a ship. chlamys, ydis, [xXaMi)s]> f-» a woollen upper garment worn... | |
 | Virgil - 1905 - 524 Seiten
...Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily. Chimaera, ae, f., a fabulous firebreathing monster which had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon ; the name of a ship. chlamys, ydis, [X^OM^S]) '•> a woollen upper garment worn... | |
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In some accounts it had the head of a lion, the body of a goat and the tail of a dragon. 
