Bellerophon

1. Bellerophone was exiled owing to a murder which he had committed
5. bridle In a dream, the goddess came to him and gave him a
7. Fire-breathing monster directly related to Heracles' nemesis the many-headed Hydra, and Cerberus, watchdog of Hades
8. Assuming that this had something to do with a return letter to
9. tail The Chimaera had a lion's front, a goat's middle and a
10. Iobates forthwith dispatched him to fight the
13. watering hole Thus once more, in manhood, Bellerophon sought out the
16. They failed of course, so Iobates finally gave in to the inevitable, giving Bellerophon half his kingdom and his daughter's hand in
17. was still determined to do in his guest, so he now sent him to fight a fearsome neighboring tribe.

1. head Pegasus was born when the hero Perseus cut off
2. Pegasus,immortal offspring of the god
3. Olympus Bellerophon was so vain about what he had accomplished that he sought to join the Immortals in their heavenly abode.
4. When Bellerophon was still a boy growing up in Corinth, he had yearned to ride the magic horse
6. King Iobates was Bellerophon's
9. The king's wife, generally identified as
11. Iobates Bellerophon delivered a letter to
12. Like everyone else, Bellerophon had been unable to so much as approach Pegasus. So he sought the advice of the seer
14. Bellerophon was a citizen of
15. King Iobates was king of