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Comment by Caleb S. (Majestic Chihuahua) on June 30, 2014 at 3:00pm

thank y'all for helping me!

K-Mod Comment by Victoria (Centauromadoose) on June 30, 2014 at 2:16pm

Love the use of an ancient vase painting for visual reference, Gumbo. I have a soft spot for them as an art historian. :)

K-Mod Comment by Gumbo123 on June 30, 2014 at 1:30pm

Chimera. Apulian red-figure dish, ca. 350-340 BC.

 

K-Mod Comment by Gumbo123 on June 30, 2014 at 1:29pm

Chimera (mythology)

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The Chimera (/kɨˈmɪərə/ or /kaɪˈmɪərə/, also Chimaera, Chimæra; Greek: Χίμαιρα, Chímaira) was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of three animals – a lion, a snake and a goat. Usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat arising from its back, and a tail that ended in a snake's head, the Chimera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra.

The term chimera has come to describe any mythical or fictional animal with parts taken from various animals, or to describe anything composed of very disparate parts, or perceived as wildly imaginative or implausible.