/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Chimæra [kimera]
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
An illusory fancy, a wild, incongruous scheme, a castle in the air. Homer describes the chimæra as a monster with a goat’s body, a lion’s head, and a dragon’s tail. It was born in Lycia, and was slain by Bellerophon. (Greek, chimaira, a shegoat.)
· ·
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
· 
· 
· ·