Bellerophon (; ) or
Bellerophontes is a
hero of
Greek mythology. He was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside
Cadmus and
Perseus, before the days of
Heracles", and his greatest feat was killing the
Chimera, a monster that
Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail: "her breath came out in terrible blasts of burning flame." Bellerophon was born at
Corinth and was the son of the mortal
Eurynome by either her husband
Glaucus, or
Poseidon.