Angela Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Greek mythology, Bellerophon was the son of the mortal Eurynome (Eurymede) and Glaucus, the son of Sisyphus, and King of Corinth, but to many of us, he is, first of all, known as the hero of Homer’s Iliad.
Bellerophon was beautiful and handsome as a god and equal to the immortal beings in courage. So what did happen to this great hero who could have almost everything in his life and yet ended it in misery and blindness?
Mounted on Pegasus, Bellerophon was slaying the Chimera. Central medallion restored from a Roman mosaic of more than 100 m2 discovered in 1830 in Autun (Saône-et-Loire, France. ) Image credit: Félix Potuit – Public domain
One tragic incident of his early life happened when Bellerophon – playing with his father’s bow – accidentally killed his brother (in another version, the Corinthian citizen), for which he was exiled from the court. Feeling hostility from the citizens of Corinth, he took refuge at Argolis, where he was warmly greeted and greatly honored by the king of Tiryns, Proetus.
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