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"The Chimera was a monstrous fire-breathing female creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of multiple animals: upon the body of a lioness with a tail that ended in a snake's head, the head of a goat arose on her back at the center of her spine. The Chimera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra.

Homer's brief description in the Iliad is the earliest surviving literary reference: 'a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorting out the breath of the terrible flame of bright fire'

The Chimera finally was defeated by Bellerophon, with the help of Pegasus, at the command of King Iobates of Lycia. Since Pegasus could fly, Bellerophon shot the Chimera from the air, safe from her heads and breath. A scholiast to Homer adds that he finished her off by equipping his spear with a lump of lead that melted when exposed to the Chimera's fiery breath and consequently killed her, an image drawn from metalworking."
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Well, so here you have my rendition of a chimera

This version is supposed to be a male one, and despite how the myth describes it, I gave it a third/fourth head of a dragon, and those 3 heads are in a row, rather than one in the back as the myth says

Also, I used those colors cause they remainded me of ancient greek art, like vases and plates.

Well, hope you like it
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RyuBahamut99's avatar

Your Chimera is very beautiful! I loved her!:love: