Greek · No. 046
Chimera of Lycia
Real myth
Lion in front, goat in the middle, serpent behind. Fire from every side.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 2300
- DEF
- 2000
- Level
- 7
- Type
- Beast
- Element
- Fire
- Constellations
- Sun · Bull
The myth
The Chimera was a fire-breathing monster that lived in Lycia. In the Iliad Homer describes her as of divine race: lion in front, serpent behind and goat in the middle. Hesiod says she was a daughter of Echidna with three heads, of lion, goat and serpent. The king of Lycia sent Bellerophon to kill her, hoping he would die; riding Pegasus, the hero struck from above and brought her down. Her name means young she-goat, and today chimera means both an impossible dream and a being made of different parts.
Why it has this power
A Rare level-7 card with 2300 ATK and 2000 DEF, obtained by fusing the Lycian Lion with any Serpent: the fusion itself mimics the monster's body, made of joined animals. A Fire Beast for her burning breath, she bears the Sun and Bull constellations. Bellerophon Astride Pegasus is her natural adversary.
Did you know
The Chimera of Arezzo, a large Etruscan bronze from around 400 BCE, is now in the Archaeological Museum of Florence.
Connections
- Born from the fusion of: Lycian Lion + Serpent
Where to get it
- Born from the fusion of: Lycian Lion + Serpent
- It never joins the collection: you summon it mid-duel, by fusion or ritual.
Sources
- CHIMERA (Khimaira) - Three-Headed Monster of Greek Mythology — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project
- Chimera of Arezzo (World History Encyclopedia) — Mark Cartwright
- Theogony — Hesiod (trans. H. G. Evelyn-White), Theoi Classical Texts Library