A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 453
sented as an old man,dirty and meanly clad. He carried the shades of the dead acrossthe rivers of the lower world in his boat. To recompense him forthis service an obolus or danace was placed in the mouth of everycorpse. Charybdis. See Scylla. ChimSBra. A fire-breathing monster of Lycia. The idea… … Cerberus. (Bronze Statue.) 438 ANCIENT MYTHS the country about her home. Bellerophon having obtained Pegasus,rose into the air and killed the monster with arrows. In some worksof art found in Lycia the Chimaera is represented like one speciesof the lion of that country. See Bellerophon. Chione.…
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