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Fig.32: Bellerophon, Athena and Pegasus. Pompeii. Wallpaper.
Casa Dei Diosciri.
beauty.Thereupon, she tries to seduce the hero with her coquet-
tish words and looks wherever she sees him. Understanding
the situation, Bellerophon would never think of such a thing. He
moves away from her wherever he is alone with the king’s wife.
Once again, when they were alone, Bellerophon noticed the
situation and wanted to get away, while Stheneboia suddenly
grabbed the hero’s hand. However, despite being handsome,
Bellerophon, who is so smart and chaste, suddenly pulls his
hand away from hers. With this harsh reaction, Stheneboia re-
alizes that her feelings are unrequited and she slanders him to
the king saying that Bellerophon is tried to rape her, and asks
the King to kill him. King Proitos believes what his wife says.

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