Legend of Bellerophon

Bellerophon He was the son of Glauco and Eurínome, kings of Corinth, but his true father was Poseidon, his mother always kept the secret and grew up as the son of Glauco. His real name was Iponoo, but he acquired the name, because he killed Bélero, a name that means murderer of Belero, his brother, who he killed in a hunting accident.

He went to Tiryns and placed himself under the command of King Preto, but the king's wife, Estenobea, wanted to seduce him, the boy did not accept her because of the king, the queen, seeing herself despised, accused him before the king. Preto did not kill him because the guests were sacred, but he sent him to his father-in-law with a letter for him to kill him. Iobates, for not killing him directly, sent him to kill a monster that had scared the area, the Chimera, in Greek it means male goat. This animal had the body of a goat, the head of a lion, and the tail of a serpent. In other literature it was described with three heads, one of a lion, another of a goat on its back, and another of a dragon on its tail. The Chimera terrified the cities where it walked, not only was it fast but it threw fire, which made it more difficult to kill it. Bellerophon he was able to kill her aided by his winged horse Pegasus, which the goddess Athena had entrusted to him. One version says that he pierced the Chimera with a lead-tipped spear, which was fused with his own fire.

He also defeated the Amazons, his pride was such that Zeus punished him, he made a mosquito bite Pegasus when they were going over a river and it knocked him down, some say that his body was destroyed, others that he survived but was destroyed wandering through the earth remembering its past. Pegasus flew into the sky and was part of a constellation.