Lexic.us

Definition of Bellerophon

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera).

Definition of Bellerophon

1. n. A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.

Definition of Bellerophon

1. Noun. (paleontology) Any of the genus ''Bellerophon'' of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, and peculiar to the Paleozoic age. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Bellerophon

1. A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellerophon

Literary usage of Bellerophon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"6b, 6c. Trenton limestone Middleville, Herkimer со. NY bellerophon ... TYPE bellerophon cancellatus Hall. Paleontology of New York. 1847. i ¡307, pi. ..."

2. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"Undaunted by the danger, bellerophon mounted Pegasos, the winged horse, flew high above the monster, and shooting down upon her laid her low, after which he ..."

3. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"Undaunted by the danger, bellerophon mounted Pegasos, the winged horse, flew high above the monster, and shooting down upon her laid her low, after which he ..."

4. Chips from a German Workshop by Christian Karl Josias Bunsen, Friedrich Max Müller (1869)
"bellerophon. WHAT was the original intention of the name of " bellerophon ? " That bellero, the first part of the word, represents some power of darkness, ..."

5. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"Undaunted by the danger, bellerophon mounted Pegasos, the winged horse, flew high above the monster, and shooting down upon her laid her low, after which he ..."

6. Myths of Greece and Rome, Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Hélène Adeline Guerber (1893)
"bellerophon to elope with her. Too honest to betray a man who had treated ... Quite unconscious of the purport of this letter, bellerophon traveled gayly ..."

Other Resources: