Bellerophon or Bellerophontes (Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφών; Βελλεροφόντης; lit. "slayer of Belleros") or Hipponous (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόνοος; lit. "horse-knower")...
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Pegasus (section Bellerophon)
captured by the Greek hero Bellerophon, near the fountain Peirene, with the help of Athena and Poseidon. Pegasus allowed Bellerophon to ride him in order to...
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HMS Bellerophon, known to sailors as the "Billy Ruffian", was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy. A third-rate of 74 guns, she was launched in 1786...
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Bellerophon is a hero in Greek mythology. Bellerophon may also refer to: Bellerophon (play), an ancient Greek play by Euripides Bellérophon, an opera...
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Bellerophon is a genus of extinct paleozoic marine molluscs of uncertain position (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora) in the family Bellerophontidae. The genus...
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Bellérophon is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Thomas Corneille and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle first performed by the...
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Chimera (mythology) (section Killed by Bellerophon)
the Iliad, the hero Bellerophon was ordered by the king of Lycia to slay the Chimera (hoping the monster would kill Bellerophon). Still, the hero, "trusting...
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Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bellerophon after the hero Bellerophon in Greek mythology. The name was also initially intended for two...
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Napoleon on the Bellerophon is an 1815 painting by the British artist Charles Lock Eastlake. It depicts the deposed Emperor of the French Napoleon as...
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USS Bellerophon (ARL-31) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Bellerophon...
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HMS Bellerophon was the lead ship of her class of three dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She...
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The Bellerophon-class battleship was a group of three dreadnought battleships that were built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century...
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HMS Bellerophon was a central battery ironclad built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1860s. In this ship, designed by Sir Edward Reed, the power-to-weight...
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Chimera virus, to profit from the cure, Bellerophon. He injects himself with the virus, carrying Bellerophon in a bag. However, en route to Atlanta, IMF...
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Bellerophon (Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφῶν, Bellerophōn) is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Bellerophon. Most of the...
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Legendrea bellerophon is a rare species of freshwater anaerobic ciliate. "Lengendrea bellerophon" was the first name that L. bellerophon was given. It...
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Bellerophon is a computer program for detecting chimeric sequences in multiple sequence datasets by an adaptation of partial treeing analysis. Bellerophon...
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The Bellerophon Painter was one of the first Attic black-figure vase painters. His period of activity is dated between 630 and 600 BC. He was a contemporary...
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Frederick Lewis Maitland (section Aboard Bellerophon)
career occurred when Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to him aboard HMS Bellerophon, marking the final end of the Napoleonic Wars. Maitland was born at Rankeilour...
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GWR Premier Class (redirect from Bellerophon (GWR Premier Class locomotive))
Jason's ship in Greek mythology. Bellerophon (1846–1870) Bellerophon is the name of a Greek mythological hero. HMS Bellerophon was one of the most famous ships...
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Eurytides bellerophon is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo and from Santa Catarina...
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sister of Stheneboea who loved Bellerophon more than her current husband, King Proetus of Argos. She was promised to Bellerophon after he vanquished the Chimera...
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HMS Tiger (C20) (redirect from HMS Bellerophon (C20))
proceed. Tiger was finally sold for scrap in 1986. Tiger started out as Bellerophon. She was laid down in 1941 at the John Brown Shipyard as part of the...
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legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles...
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Greek: Ἱππολόχoς Hippolokhos) was a Lycian prince as the son of King Bellerophon. He was probably the successor of the latter in the kingship of the Lycian...
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51 Pegasi b (redirect from Bellerophon (planet))
discovered the planet in 1995. The following year it was unofficially dubbed "Bellerophon" /bɛˈlɛrəfɒn/ by astronomer Geoffrey Marcy, who followed the convention...
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HMS Waterloo (1818) (redirect from HMS Bellerophon (1818))
stocks after the Battle of Waterloo. In 1824 Waterloo was renamed HMS Bellerophon. She formed part of an experimental squadron, which were groups of ships...
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with a golden bridle. When Pegasus saw Bellerophon with the bridle the horse immediately allowed Bellerophon to mount, and they defeated the Chimera...
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Amphianax. Bellerophon was sent into exile to the land of King Iobates. Proetus (king of Argos and Tiryns) wanted Iobates to kill Bellerophon, but Iobates...
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Bellerophon Taming Pegasus is an outdoor sculpture by Jacques Lipchitz, depicting Bellerophon and Pegasus. It was the final sculpture worked on by Lipchitz...
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