Chimæra

Chimæra, a fire-breathing monster, described by Homer as having a lion's head, a goat's body, and the tail of a dragon. In Hesiod's account a daughter of Typhaon and Echidna, she devastated Lycia until killed by Bellerophon. Gigantic carvings of the chimæra on rocks have been found in Asia Minor, representing the monster as a lion, out of the back of which grows the neck and head of a goat. It is frequently depicted on shields as a heraldic charge.