Crossword-Solution: BELLEROPHON
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bellerophon | n. | A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “BELLEROPHON”
| Clue | Answers |
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| CHIMERA, slayer of | 1 answer |
| He flew on Pegasus | 1 answer |
| Owner of Pegasus. | 1 answer |
| PEGASUS, captor of | 1 answer |
| Rider for Pegasus | 1 answer |
| Rider of a fabulous steed. | 1 answer |
| Slugger slays chimera? | 1 answer |
| PEGASUS, owner of | 2 answers |
| PHILONOE, husband of | 2 answers |
| TRAFALGAR Battle ship (Brit.) | 25 answers |
| BRITISH ship | 27 answers |
| BRITISH battleship | 28 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with BELLEROPHON (5)
Her did Pegasus and noble Bellerophon slay; but Echidna was subject in love to Orthus and brought forth the deadly Sphinx which destroyed the Cadmeans, and the Nemean lion, which Hera, the good wife of Zeus, brought up and made to haunt the hills of Nemea, a plague to men.
Full of sorrow was my youth for Bellerophon, the slayer of the Chimæra, whom my father drove away by treason; and full of sorrow my womanhood, for thy treacherous father and for thee; and full of sorrow my old age will be (for I see my fate in dreams), when the sons of the Swan shall carry me captive to the hollow vale of Eurotas, till I sail across the seas a slave, the handmaid of the pest of Greece.
Always the tragedian, he wrote a letter to the Prince Regent of England (George IV, the king, was in an insane asylum) informing His Royal Highness of his intention to "throw himself upon the mercy of his enemies and like Themistocles, to look for a welcome at the fireside of his foes..." On the 15th of July he went on board the "Bellerophon," and surrendered his sword to Admiral Hotham.
This is glorious!” It was a grand sail, or ride, I scarcely know which to call it; perhaps FLY would be the best word, for the boys felt very much as Sinbad did when, tied to the roc’s leg, he darted through the clouds; or as Bellerophon felt when he shot through the air on the back of his winged horse Pegasus.
The BELLEROPHON, Captain Darby, passed ahead, and dropped her stern anchor on the starboard bow of the ORIENT, seventh in the line, Brueys' own ship, of one hundred and twenty guns, whose difference of force was in proportion of more than seven to three, and whose weight of ball, from the lower deck alone, exceeded that from the whole broadside of the BELLEROPHON.
Quotes with BELLEROPHON (2)
Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back." You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward." I can't.""I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret.""Tell me." I loved it when he was like this." I'm going to be th…
And when we say also that the Word, who is the first-birth of God, was produced without sexual union, and that He, Jesus Christ, our Teacher, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended into heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe regarding those whom you esteem sons of Jupiter. For you know how many sons your esteemed writers ascribed to Jupiter: Mercury, the interpreting word and teacher of all; Aesculapius, who, though he was a great physician,…
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1959–2007).