. Bellerophon taking leave of Proetus. (Hamilton vases.) bravest Lycians, whom Iobates had placed inambush for the purpose, Bellerophon slew themall. Iobates, now seeing that it was hopelessto kill the hero, gave him his daughter(Philonoe, Anticlea, or Cassandra) in marriage,and made him his successor on the throne. father-in-law, Iobates, king of Lycia, withletter begging that the messenger should be. Bellerophon, Pegasus, and Chimaera. (Hamilton vases.) put to death. Iobates accordingly sent him tokill the monster Chimaera, thinkin
. Bellerophon taking leave of Proetus. (Hamilton vases.) bravest Lycians, whom Iobates had placed inambush for the purpose, Bellerophon slew themall. Iobates, now seeing that it was hopelessto kill the hero, gave him his daughter(Philonoe, Anticlea, or Cassandra) in marriage,and made him his successor on the throne. father-in-law, Iobates, king of Lycia, withletter begging that the messenger should be. Bellerophon, Pegasus, and Chimaera. (Hamilton vases.) put to death. Iobates accordingly sent him tokill the monster Chimaera, thinking that hewas sure to perish in the contest. After ob-taining possession of the winged horse, Pega-sus, Bellerophon rose with him in the air, and men. This is all that Homer says respectingBellerophons later fate: some traditions relatedthat he attempted to fly to heavenupon Pegasus, but that Zeus sent agad-fly to sting the horse, whichthrew off the rider upon the earth,who became lame or blind in con-sequence. (Pind. Isth. vi. 44 ; 01. xiii. 90; Hor. Od. iv. 11, 26.)Bellerophon was honoured as a godat Corinth (on whose coins and onthose of her colonies Pegasus oftenappears), and also in Lycia (Paus. , 24; Q. Smyrn. x. 162).—As regardsthe history and meaning of thestory, it must be observed that thecharacteristic parts are the con-nexion with Pegasus and the fightwith the Chimaera. The story ofProetus is one which is often re-lated of other
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