Bellerophon is a name related to Bel, or Ba'al, a thunder god of the Levant and Mesopotamia.
He was from Corinth, a goddess stronghold in the classical days. It's interesting to note that one meaning
of his name means 'slayer of Bellarus", and the sphere of Bellerophon's adventures is not far from the place we now call
Belarus (bel = 'shining, good, fair, light, white' - White Russia). His 'proper' name is Hipponous - "he knows horses" or
"horse knowledge". He is also called Bellerophontes.
Let us contemplate this: A young hero (hero is related to Hera) with a theophoric name from a thunder god (Bel or Ba'al),
mounts a winged horse of Heavenly Light who used to be a spirit of thunder and lightning, and the hero shoots his
arrows down at the Chimaera, imitating lightning, to slay it.
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