Quizzes at Fun Trivia Fun Trivia | quizzes Quizzes | games Games | community People | services Services | help Help | me Me
New Player - Log In
Currently 10129 players online.   Trivia games, quizzes, and contests - FREE !     Get Started! quiz register
Fun Trivia : Bellerophon Encyclopedia FunTrivia

Structure

fun facts,factoids,info

Interesting Questions, Facts and Information

  • There are a total of 10 general entries.


Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

    Bellerophon

    Bellerophon's grandfather is known from another story, where he is a criminal who ends up in the Tartaros where he must drag a huge rock over a mountain for eternity. What's his name?Bellerophon the Greek Hero

      Sisyphus. A perfect punishment for him. He was a pure criminal: he tortured his own people, locked up the Death in his own castle and even fooled Hades. Then you can count on an unhappy afterlife, I guess.

    One day he flees to Argos when he accidentally kills his brother. After an incident king Proitos wants to get rid off him. What happened?Bellerophon the Greek Hero

      The queen fell in love with him. After the queen was turned down by Bellerophon, she told Proitos that Bellerophon had tried to seduce her.

    Bellerophon is sent to Lykia where Iobates is king. He has a beautiful daughter, and Bellerophon falls in love with her. What is her name?Bellerophon the Greek Hero

      Philonoe.

    Iobates orders Bellerophon to kill the Chimaera. It's a horrible creature and a mixture of three different animals. Which animals?Bellerophon the Greek Hero

      Lion - goat - snake.

    In order to defeat Chimaera, Bellerophon must tame a horse with wings, who was born out of the blood of Medusa's head that fell in the sea. What's the horse called?Bellerophon the Greek Hero

      Pegasus.

    Does Bellerophon succeed in his mission to kill Chimaera?Bellerophon the Greek Hero

      Yes . Of course! He's a hero, remember?

    What did Iobates do after Bellerophon came home?Bellerophon the Greek Hero

      He sent him on a new mission. He wanted Bellerophon to defeat the Amazones and the Solymes, pretty tough people. With help of the gods he defeated them.

    How many kids did Bellerophon have by his wife?Bellerophon the Greek Hero

      3.

    Bellerophon's life seems perfect, but one day this changes dramatically. He falls off his winged horse. Why did he fall?Bellerophon the Greek Hero

      He wanted to reach Olympus, but he was struck down by Zeus. The Gods punished him, because Bellerophon was guilty of the worst crime of all: over-boldness.

    Bellerophon landed after his large fall on what?Bellerophon the Greek Hero

      thornbushes. The result was devastating; he became blind and had to limp the rest of his misrerable life.

  • All content is (C)opyright 1995-2006 FunTrivia.com. Content may NOT be copied, reprinted, or distributed without our written consent. Feel free to link to any page you wish.

  • While we try to keep trivia as accurate as possible through a regular volunteer editing process, FunTrivia cannot guarantee the validity of the information found here. FunTrivia offers no professional advice, and you take all responsibility for your use of anything contained herein.
  • Feel free to send a note to a particular item's author for further details or source information; most of our authors love to hear feedback about their work.
  • See our conditions of use for details.