Greek mythology tells the story of Chimaera ... (best known for riding the winged horse Pegasus) to kill Chimaera. “And Bellerophon slew her, trusting in the signs of the gods,” Homer wrote.

Pegasus is a winged horse in Greek mythology, usually depicted ... Captured by the Greek hero Bellerophon, to defeat the monster Chimera, they then worked together and Pegasus and Bellerophon ...

what impresses me about it is the juxtaposition of powerful imagery from pagan mythology - the whole story of Bellerophon, Pegasus, the Chimaera - and the way in which Christianity adapts that ...