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Red-figure plate showing Bellerophon riding Pegasus and chasing the Chimera, by the Baltimore painter, second half of the 4th century BCE.
(Photo taken at the "Monsters. Fantastic Creatures of Fear and Myth" exhibition, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome)
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Raddato, C. (2014, December 17). Bellerophon riding Pegasus and the Chimera. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3362/
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