![]() ![]() It was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of monsters like Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra. It is usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat protruding from its back, and a tail that might end with a snake's head. The Chimera ( / k ɪ ˈ m ɪər ə/ or / k aɪ ˈ m ɪər ə/) or Chimaera ( Chimæra) ( Ancient Greek: Χίμαιρα, Chímaira means 'she-goat' ), according to Greek mythology, was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature, composed of different animal parts from Lycia, Asia Minor. The Chimera on a red-figure Apulian plate, c. ![]()
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