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From: nix@wwnet.com (Nix Zeitgeist)
Subject: Re: [pic] what is it?
Date: 1997/09/12
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Andreas Freise <adf@mpq.mpg.de> wrote:

> Dave MacPheat wrote:
> > 
>  spunk1111@aol.com (Spunk1111) wrote:
>  
>  >>> what creature is this?
>  >>>
>  >>>                    '-.,;;:;,
>  >>>                     _;\;|\;:;,
>  >>>                    ) __ ' \;::,
>  >>>                .--'  e   ':;;;:,           ;,
>  >>>               (^           ;;::;          ;;;,
>  >>>       _        --_.--.___,',:;::;     ,,,;:;;;,
>  >>>      < \        `;     |  ;:;;:;        ':;:;;;,,
>  >>>    <`-; \__     ,;    /    ';:;;:,       ';;;'
>  >>>    <`_   __',   ; ,  /    ::;;;:         //
>  >>>       `)|  \ \   ` .'      ';;:;,       //
>  >>>        `    \ `\  /        ;;:;;.      //__
>  >>>              \  `/`         ;:;  ~._,=~`   `~=,
>  >>>               \_|      (        ^     ^  ^ _^  \
>  >>>                 \    _,`      / ^ ^  ^   .' `.^ ;
>  >>>        <`-.  jgs '-;`       /`  ^   ^  /\    ) ^/
>  >>>        <'- \__..-'` ___,,,-'._ ^  ^ _.'\^`'-' ^/
>  >>>         `)_   ..-''`          `~~~~`    `~===~`
>  >>>         <_.-`-._\
>  >>>
>  >>> -joan
> > 
> > It looks like it may be a chimera. From Encarta '96 ...
> > 
> > "Chimera, in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing monster that
> > had the head of a lion, the body of a she-goat, and the
> > tail of a dragon. It terrorized Lycia, a region in Asia Minor,
> > but was finally killed by the Greek hero Bellerophon."
> 
> Hm, this sounds OK so far but after looking on some other pics
> the stationary you took as a model must be something like
> a 'modern' interpretation. ;) (At least if this IS meant to
> be a chimere. I'm not so sure.)
> 
> I found an interesting page with some ancient pics of
> chimeres :
> 
> http://lcfs.chim.unifi.it/solid/bardi/chimera/origins.html
It looks to me like it's a version of one of many different "sea
monsters" that decorated maps from the 12th to the 15th centuries or so.
Chimera would work, though, as "chimera" has broadened to include most
freakish beasties with no other specific names.
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