Bellerophon

Bellerophontes

The hero who kills the Chimera.

Genealogy

Eurymede

Glaucus

Deliades

Philonoe

Hippolochus, Isandros, Laodamia

Places
  1. Alean Plain
  2. Corinth
  3. Lycia
  4. Tiryns
  5. Unknown
  6. Xanthos
Events
  1. Bellerophon kills the Chimera
  2. Bellerophon kills his brother
  3. Bellerophon is purified by Proetus of the murder of his brother
  4. Bellerophon rejects Stheneboea’s sexual advances, and is falsely accused of propositioning her
  5. Bellerophon delivers a letter to Iobates with instructions that Bellerophon be killed
  6. Proetus instructs Bellerophon to take a letter to Iobates with instructions that Bellerophon be killed
  7. Iobates sends Bellerophon to fight the Chimera
  8. Iobates sends Bellerophon to fight the Solymi
  9. Bellerophon kills the Solymi
  10. Iobates sends Bellerophon to kill the Amazons
  11. Bellerophon kills a group of Lycians lying in ambush to kill him
  12. Iobates commands Bellerophon to fight the Chimera
  13. Bellerophon kills the Amazons
  14. Iobates gives Bellerophon his daughter, Philonoe, in marriage
  15. Antaea attempts to seduce Bellerophon and is rebuffed
  16. Bellerophon fights the Solymoi
  17. Antaea tells Proetus that Bellerophon attempted to seduce her and urges Proetus to kill him
  18. Proeteus refuses to kill Bellerophon and sends him to be killed by Iobates instead
  19. Bellerophon wanders the Alean Plain gnawing his own heart
  20. Oeneus hosts Bellerophon for twenty days, during which time the two exchange gifts
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.3
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.1
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.2
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.1
  5. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 149
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 172
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 186
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 196
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 212
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 1.9
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.4
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.5
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 4.1
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 4.2
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 4.3
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 27.2
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 31.9
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 31.3
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