Re: [tied] Re: Cimmerians and Amazons

>"The Chimaera in Lykia which had the fore-part of a lion, the hind
>part of a snake, while the she-goat itself formed the middle." -
>Hyginus Fab 151
>The bottom comment indicates that the
>chimera was identified with the she-goat at least by Hyginus.

There is no need to go to Hyginus for this. Homer has it in Iliad 6:181,
almost identical (so Hyginus has quoted it from Homer):
prosthe leon, opithen de drakon, messe de chimaira
in front a lion, behind a snake, in the middle a goat

Peter