BELLEROPHON

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) In the fabulous history of Argos, the son of Glaucus, and grandson of Sisyphus (Pavs. 2. 4.), who was obliged to flee from Corinth for the murder of Bellerus, and seek refuge at the court of Proetus. There Anta?a. the wife of Proteus, conceived a violent attachment for him. which wife. he Nor requited does the as analogy Joseph did between the advances the cases of Potipliur's end here; for Antaia forthwith accused him fo her husband oi at tempts on her virtue. Proetus. however, unwilling to vio late the laws of hospitality, sent him to To bates, king oi Lycia, his wife's father, with a letter desiring him to put Bellerophon to death, and mentioning the cause. (Hem.. a letter unfavourable to the bearer was called "Literal Bel lerophontis.") With this view, To bates sent him on various perilous expeditions: first, against the Chimaera, a dreadful monster, which continually vomited flam** (Lucre, v. 902.; Viig.JEn. vi. 288. 785.), and which at tl Hi time devastated the country of Lycia, bavin; the I lion, the middle of a goat, and the tail of a serpent (Odd Met. ix. 646.) This monster, however, Bellerophon sue ceeded in destroying by the aid of a winged horse calle. Pegasus (see Pegasus), which he had caught while drink ing at the fountain Pirene in Corinth. In his next expeditions against the Solymi and the Amazons, he was equally succe ful (Horn. II. vi. 155.), and consequently obtained the forgivene of To bates. Elated by his succe , Bellerophon tried to fly to heaven on Pegasus; but Jupiter, enraged a this presumption, frustrated his attempts by sending an insect (oestrum) which stung the horse so violently that he became restive and threw his rider. Though maimed and shattered by the fall, Bellerophon was not killed; but he never perfectly recovered, and continued during the rest of his life to wander up and down in sorrow and dejection. (Hum. II. vi. 201.) Bellerophon, we may add, was celebrated for his skill in horsemanship (I/or. t,o. iii. 12. 7.), and is said to have first taught the art of riding. (I'lin. iv. 56.) Belle'rophon. A fo il shell, the animal of which was probably allied to that of argonaut a. The genus belongs to the carboniferous and older strata. [s. 154]