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Bellerophonic
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English
Etymology
From en Bellerophon ic.
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.
en 1988 Marianne Shapiro The Poetics of Ariosto 97 This event is counterbalanced by Astolfo's encounter with the Amazons, which also constitutes an explicitly Bellerophonic anecdote.
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