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towards the Chimera. Bellerophon, who stabs the monster with
his spear when he comes right over him, buries the Chimera
seven floors under the ground. On that day, the people of Lycia
are rid of the monster forever. However, the fire of the Chimera
continues to burn at “Yanartaş” down to today.
Surprised by Bellerophon’s killing of the Chimera, King Io-
bates assigns him to fight the Solyms first, and then to extermi-
nate the Amazons, a legendary heroine people. Bellerophon,
who set out with his horse Pegasus on the king’s orders, first
defeats the Solyms, the border neighbors of Lycia. Then he
came to Olympos and confronted the amazon female warriors
here. The great hero, who entered an incredible struggle with
the Amazons, erases them from the stage of history. Angered by
Bellerophon’s defeat of his intention with these missions, King
Iobates orders an army
of Lycia’s most dis-
tinguished warriors
to kill him. The Lycian
warriors set up a se-
cret ambush to kill the
great hero. However,
Bellerophon escaped
from this ambush un-
scathed. Thereupon,
Iobates is convinced
that he is a great hero
and tries to persuade
the hero to stay in his
kingdom by showing
him the letter of Proi-
tos. Bellerophon then
stays in Lycia and mar-
ries the King’s daugh-
ter, Philonoe. Thus,
these legendary lands Fig. 35: As Bellerophon ascends to
come to life with great Olympos with Pegasus.
(Mary Hamilton Frye 1914, 15)

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