Chimera

Chimera definitions

name
  • Former name of Ceraunian Mountains, the Albanian mountain range near Himara. 

  • Former name of Himara, a port town in southern Albania. 

  • A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon. 

  • A fire-spewing mountain in Lycia or Cilicia, presumed to be an ancient name for the Yanartaş region of Turkey's Antalya Province.