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Bellerophon

NOUN
  1. (Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)

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  • Hunt:Nekhorvich specialized in recombining DNA molecules. In the myth, Bellerophon was a prince who killed the Chimera.
  • In the myth, it was Bellerophon, straddling the winged horse Pegasus, who finally slew the fire-breathing chimera.
  • Heavens and breathed empyreal air, her tempering; in like manner he requests her to lead him down to his native element lest he should meet with a fate similar to what befell Bellerophon. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
  • Bellerophon's main topmast had been shot away and her mizzen topmast was in a precarious state.
  • But for Bellerophon riding pegasus there was no need to come anywhere near the flaming monster.
  • In _lanthorn_, another word adduced by Mr. White, the _h_ is a vulgarism of spelling introduced to give meaning to a foreign word, the termination being supposed to be derived from the material (horn) of which lanterns were formerly made, -- like _Bully Ruffian_ for _Bellerophon_ in our time, and The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859
  • Dashing aslantwise, as before, the winged horse made another arrow-flight toward the Chimæra, and Bellerophon aimed another downright stroke at one of the two remaining heads, as he shot by. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People
  • Bellerophon's main topmast had been shot away and her mizzen topmast was in a precarious state.
  • Ixion and Bellerophon become types of this kind of hybris; their fall is interpreted as a lesson to Dictionary of the History of Ideas
  • The animal crawled with the spire of the shell facing backwards, unlike pre-torted Bellerophontids.
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