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Belerophon is reffered to one of the greatest hero's of Greek Mythology. While living in Proetus's kingdom, the king's wife Antia, fell deeply in love with Bellerophon. Antia sent him many seductive offers that Bellerophon would continuously turn down. In her rejected anger, Antia told Proetus that Bellerophon had tried to seduce her. Proetus believed her. He gave a letter to Belllerophon to deliver to Iobates, king of Lycia, in which it was written that he was to murder Bellerophon.

Having read the letter, Iobates ordered him to kill the Chimera, believing that he would be destroyed by the beast. The Chimera, was a monster with the head of a lion, tail of a dragon, and its third and middle head that belched fire was that of a goat. With the help of Pegasus, Bellerphon destroyed the beast.

After having destroyed the monstrous Chimera, Bellerophon believed he deserved to stay with the greek gods on Mount Olympus, but Zeus took offence to his over saturated ego. Zeus caused Pegusus, the flying horse, to kick off Bellerophon 'causing him to spend the rest of his life blind and cripled.

This mythical Bellerophon Fighting Chimaera Statue is made from museum resin, measures 12"H x 10"L x 6"W.

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