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Fig. 31: Chimera. 350-340 BC Louvre Museum.

talented, smart and good-looking. Also, the hero has a white
winged horse named Pegasus. Bellerophon captured Pegasus,
who would help him a lot in his heroic work, with the help of the
Goddess Athena.
This heroic teenager, whose life was full of drama, acciden-
tally killed his brother Belloros one day. From this moment on,
the hero’s dramatic story begins. The Corinthians refer to him as
the one who killed Bellerophon, that is, Belloros, on this event.
After this event, the great hero is exiled by his father Glaukos
to the King of Trinys as atonement for his crime. So much so
that King Proitos treats Bellerophon very well and purifies him
of his sins. However, the hero has such a good luck that this
time his beauty will be a problem for him. As soon as the king’s
wife Stheneboia saw Bellerophon, she fell in love with his divine

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