Bellerophontes
“Bellerophontes”
Bellerophontes was blessed by the immortals with beauty and manly stature. Bellerophontes was a just man who, when challenged, always came up victorious. From slaying the chimera to taking on a tribe of hundreds, there was no job to big for Bellerophontes. In Greek Bellerophontes means “wielder of missiles”. Bellerophontes, also known as the greatest hero in Greek mythology, got that title by defeating many enemies with his special ability, even though he came from a troubling background. Bellerophontes was a citizen of the city Corinth. He was sent to the court of king Proetus in argos for the murder of a relative. There the kings wife fell in love with him and tried to sleep with him. Bellerophontes denied her and she was furious. She lied and told her husband that Bellerophontes tried raped her. King Proetus not wanting to violate the laws of hospitality by hurting his guest sends him to King Iobates in lykia with a letter simply saying “kill this messenger”. King Iobates felt the same way that King Proetus did and sends Bellerophontes to slay the chimera which was savaging the land. He accomplished the task and was sent to subdue the Solymoi and later the Amazones. Finally the king tells his guards to kill Bellerophontes (“Bellerophontes”). With his special abilities Bellerophontes accomplished all that was thrown at him. Even though Bellerophontes was blessed by the immortals with beauty and manly stature, he was still a human. Because he was human he didn’t have any special power like making the earth shake or making it rain. However he was born into a wealthy family as his dad was king. Bellerophontes was very intelligent. He showed this when he devised a plan to slay the fire-breathing chimera. Bellerophontes was also very brave. He showed this when he subdued the fierce Solymoi (“Bellerophontes”). Bellerophontes was very powerful which he gets from his real father Poseidon. Bellerophontes had a troubling background even though he
Bellerophontes was blessed by the immortals with beauty and manly stature. Bellerophontes was a just man who, when challenged, always came up victorious. From slaying the chimera to taking on a tribe of hundreds, there was no job to big for Bellerophontes. In Greek Bellerophontes means “wielder of missiles”. Bellerophontes, also known as the greatest hero in Greek mythology, got that title by defeating many enemies with his special ability, even though he came from a troubling background. Bellerophontes was a citizen of the city Corinth. He was sent to the court of king Proetus in argos for the murder of a relative. There the kings wife fell in love with him and tried to sleep with him. Bellerophontes denied her and she was furious. She lied and told her husband that Bellerophontes tried raped her. King Proetus not wanting to violate the laws of hospitality by hurting his guest sends him to King Iobates in lykia with a letter simply saying “kill this messenger”. King Iobates felt the same way that King Proetus did and sends Bellerophontes to slay the chimera which was savaging the land. He accomplished the task and was sent to subdue the Solymoi and later the Amazones. Finally the king tells his guards to kill Bellerophontes (“Bellerophontes”). With his special abilities Bellerophontes accomplished all that was thrown at him. Even though Bellerophontes was blessed by the immortals with beauty and manly stature, he was still a human. Because he was human he didn’t have any special power like making the earth shake or making it rain. However he was born into a wealthy family as his dad was king. Bellerophontes was very intelligent. He showed this when he devised a plan to slay the fire-breathing chimera. Bellerophontes was also very brave. He showed this when he subdued the fierce Solymoi (“Bellerophontes”). Bellerophontes was very powerful which he gets from his real father Poseidon. Bellerophontes had a troubling background even though he