Bellerophon riding Pegasus and the Chimera

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Carole Raddato
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published on 17 December 2014
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Red-figure plate showing Bellerophon riding Pegasus and chasing the Chimera, by the Baltimore painter, second half of the 4th century BCE.
(Photo taken at the "Monsters. Fantastic Creatures of Fear and Myth" exhibition, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome)

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2014, December 17). Bellerophon riding Pegasus and the Chimera. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3362/bellerophon-riding-pegasus-and-the-chimera/

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