Chimera (English, name)
expansion: Chimera
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
tags: Greek
topics: geography
natural-sciences
qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A fire-spewing mountain in Lycia or Cilicia, presumed to be an ancient name for the Yanartaş region of Turkey's Antalya Province.
glosses: Former name of Himara, a port town in southern Albania.
tags: historical
glosses: Former name of Ceraunian Mountains, the Albanian mountain range near Himara.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: Chimaera
tags: alternative
form: chimera
tags: alternative
form: chimaera
tags: alternative