Chimera
The Chimera is one of the most famous monsters in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia in Asia Minor that has become the archetype for all composite mythical beings. First described by Homer in the Iliad, the Chimera was the offspring of Typhon and Echidna, sibling to Cerberus, the Lernaean Hydra, and Orthrus. According to Hesiod's Theogony, the Chimera had three heads: a lion in front, a fire-breathing goat in the middle, and a serpent in the rear. The hero Bellerophon, riding the winged horse Pegasus, was tasked by King Iobates of Lycia to slay the Chimera. Belleropho