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Bellerophon

Bellerophon was a king and hero in Greek mythology. He was born to King Glaucus of Corinth. He murdered an unidentified character named Belleros, thus earning himself the name. He came to King Proetus of Mycenae to be purified of the murder. Proteus sent him to his father-in-law; King Iobates of Lycia. Iobates sent him on a quest to kill the Chimaera, which he succeeded, by taming Pegasus and pouring molten lead down its throat.

He then became arrogant and attempted to fly to Mt Olympus on Pegasus. However, this presumption angered Zeus and he sent a gad-fly to sting the horse causing Bellerophon to fall all the way back to Earth. Pegasus completed the flight to Olympus where Zeus used him as a pack horse for his thunderbolts. Bellerophon, who had fallen into a thorn bush, lived out his life in misery as a blinded crippled hermit grieving and shunning the haunts of men until he died. In Tlos, near Fethiye, in modern-day Turkey, ancient Lycia, there is a tomb with a carving of a man riding a winged horse. This is claimed locally to be the tomb of Bellerophon.

His descendants ruled Lycia.

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Sisyphid Genealogy in Greek mythology
 
 
 
 
Atlas
 
Aeolids
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salmonids
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cretheids
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Merope
 
Sisyphus
 
 
 
 
 
 
Athamanides
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eurydice
 
Glaucus
 
 
Ornytion
 
Cretheis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bellerophon
 
Philonoe
 
 
 
Thoas
 
Orseis
 
Naubolus
 
Perenike
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zeús
 
Laodamia
 
Hippolochus
 
Maera
 
Demophon
 
Melaina
 
Iphitus
 
Thrasybule
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sarpedon
 
 
 
 
 
Glaucus
 
 
 
 
 
Propadas
 
Ocyrrhoe
 
Schedius
 
Glauce
 
Imbrus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dordas
 
 
Anaxibia
 
Strophius
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agamemnon of Mycenae
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Electra
 
Pylades
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Strophius
Preceded by:
Glaucus
King of Corinth
Mythic
Succeeded by
Orntyion


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