χίμαιρα - meaning and definition. What is χίμαιρα
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What (who) is χίμαιρα - definition

MYTHICAL OR FICTIONAL ANIMAL WITH PARTS TAKEN FROM VARIOUS ANIMALS
Composite creature; Purpose of Chimera; Chimera (creature); Chimerical; Khimaira; Chimaera (mythology); Amisodarus; Amisodaros; Χίμαιρα; Chímaira; Amisodorus; Chimera (Mythology); Chimaira (Mythology); Chimaera (creature)
  • [[Bellerophon]] riding [[Pegasus]] and slaying the Chimera, central medallion of a [[Roman mosaic]] from [[Autun]], [[Musée Rolin]], 2nd to 3rd century AD
  • A [[Roman mosaic]] of [[Bellerophon]] riding [[Pegasus]] and slaying the Chimera, 2nd to 3rd centuries AD, [[Musée de la Romanité]]

chimerical         
a.
Imaginary, fantastic, fanciful, visionary, illusory, shadowy, wild, Quixotic, Utopian.
Chimerical         
·adj Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.

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Chimera (mythology)

The Chimera ( or ), also Chimaera (Chimæra) (Ancient Greek: Χίμαιρα, Chímaira means 'she-goat'), according to Greek mythology, was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature, composed of different animal parts from Lycia, Asia Minor. It is usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat protruding from its back, and a tail that might end with a snake's head. It was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of monsters like Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra.

The term "chimera" has come to describe any mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals, to describe anything composed of disparate parts or perceived as wildly imaginative, implausible, or dazzling.