Bellerophon

American  

[buh-ler-uh-fon] / bəˈlɛr əˌfɒn /

Also Bellerophontes

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Corinthian hero who, mounted on Pegasus, killed the Chimera.

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Bellerophon British  

/ bəˈlɛrəˌfɒn /

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• Bellerophontic adjective

Example Sentences

It includes World Fantasy Award winner “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon,” a subtle, haunting magic realist piece of Americana that made me fall in love with Hand’s work.

From Washington Post

As matters turned out, Pegasus was not only a joy, but a help in time of need as well, for hard trials lay before Bellerophon.

From Literature

Initial studies of the scene depicted on the mosaic reveal it shows the mythological character Bellerophon at the court of characters believed to be either Lobates or Proteus.

From National Geographic

Diagoras, I think, probably imagined himself as a latter-day Bellerophon, soaring up into the heavens to besiege the gates of Olympus, but using philosophical arguments to disprove their existence rather than the flying horse Pegasus.

From Time

When Ray quietly depicts himself as a jeans- and loafer-clad rider on horseback in a full-scale equestrian sculpture now installed in the museum's garden, he's neither Bellerophon astride Pegasus nor some imperial general coercing awe.

From Los Angeles Times