Bellerophon: Great Hero Of Homer’s Iliad Who Was Punished By Gods For His Pride And Arrogance
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Greek mythology, Bellerophon was the son of the mortal Eurynome (Eurymede) and Glaucus, the son of Sisyphus and King of Corinth. Still, to many of us, he is, first of all, known as the hero of Homer's Iliad.
According to legend, Bellerophon was the mythical founder of Termessos.
Bellerophon was beautiful and handsome as a god and equal to immortal beings in courage.
So what did happen that he ended his life in misery and blindness?
One tragic incident of his early life happened when Bellerophon - playing with his father's bow - accidentally killed his brother (in another version, the Corinthian citizen), for which he was exiled from the court. Feeling hostility from the citizens of Corinth, he took refuge at Argolis, where he was warmly greeted and greatly honored by the king of Tiryns, Proetus.
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