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Chimera, alias Chimaira

See Homer, Ilias VI, 180n.

Chimera in ancient art

Pottery

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  550-525 BC
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  350-340 BC

Bellerophon and Chimera

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  575-550 BC
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  425-420 BC
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  340-310 BC
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Sculpture

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  550-500 BC
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  4th century BC

Chimera of Arezzo

Etruscan bronze statue, circa 400 BC, length 129 cm, height 78.5 cm. It was originally part of a group with Bellerophon and Pegasus.

National Archaeological Museum of Florence (Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze), Accession number 1.

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  The right side
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  Inscription
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  The dedicatory inscription to Tinia
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  The left side
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  The right side
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  Baccio Bandinelli (1488-1560), Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
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  Baccio Bandinelli, sketch of a chimera in Arezzo based on a letter from Don Lorenzo de' Medici

Bellerophon and Chimera

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  300–250 BC
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  4th century BC

Jewelry

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  Roman Age

Coins

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  431-400 BC
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  380 BC
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  360-330 BC

Bellerophon and Chimera on Mosaics

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  300-270 BC
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  Roman Age

Analogies and echoes

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  6th century AD
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  13th century AD
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  late 15th century
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  late 15th century
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  1556
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  1610
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  1798
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  1850
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