In Greek mythology, a hero famous for riding the winged horse Pegasus and slaying the Chimera, a fire-breathing monster.
From Greek 'Bellerophontes,' possibly meaning 'slayer of Belleros' or related to 'ballein' (to throw). The name appears in Homer's Iliad and represents one of ancient Greece's most famous heroic tales.
Bellerophon's story is ancient humanity's ultimate fantasy—a guy who befriended a mythical flying horse and used it to defeat an impossible monster—yet many scholars think he might have been based on a real Bronze Age warrior whose deeds got mythologized.
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