Bellerophonic

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adjective

Of or relating to Bellerophon, a hero of Greek mythology, who was killed on the instructions of a letter given to him to deliver by the jealous Proteus.

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Meanings

adjectiveBellerophonic (comparative more Bellerophonic, superlative most Bellerophonic)

comparative more Bellerophonic · superlative most Bellerophonic

  1. Of or relating to Bellerophon, a hero of Greek mythology, who was killed on the instructions of a letter given to him to deliver by the jealous Proteus.

    This event is counterbalanced by Astolfo's encounter with the Amazons, which also constitutes an explicitly Bellerophonic anecdote.

    1988, Marianne Shapiro, The Poetics of Ariosto, page 97

Origin

From Bellerophon + -ic.

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APA

Bellerophonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bellerophonic

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Chicago

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