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Bellerophon
[ buh-ler-uh-fon ]
noun
, Classical Mythology.
- a Corinthian hero who, mounted on Pegasus, killed the Chimera.
Bellerophon
/ bəˈlɛrəˌfɒn /
noun
- Greek myth a hero of Corinth who performed many deeds with the help of the winged horse Pegasus, notably the killing of the monster Chimera
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- Beller·o·phontic adjective
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Example Sentences
Then Bellerophon sped back to the court of Iobates and announced that the Chimra was dead.
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He went aboard a British frigate, the Bellerophon, asking to be received as a refugee, but being treated as a prisoner.
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It was in Torbay that the newspapers brought on board the Bellerophon first announced what was under consideration.
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Between the flight to Charleroi and the escape to the Bellerophon, Napoleon shows no pluck and no brains.
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His explanation that he was Bellerophon, the stick Pegasus, and the cats the three heads of the Chimra failed to mollify me.
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