Chimera
In classical Greek mythology and epic poetry—prominently recorded in Hesiod's Theogony and Homer's Iliad—the Chimera is a monstrous and terrifying fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor. Born from the union of Typhon and Echidna (alongside siblings such as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra), the Chimera combined the anatomical features of three distinct animals into a single grotesque form: the body and head of a lion in front, the head of a fierce goat protruding from its back, and the tail of a venomous serpent or dragon. For years, the beast devastated the Lycian countryside un