Mythical creatures and the marmol of Germanicus at Segobriga

[recondicom]

Besides the mythical creature in the tale of Bellerophon, the word "chimera" is often used in English to mean imaginary creatures made up of parts of other creatures i.e. the carved monsters on gothic cathedrals that do not serve to drain water are referred to as chimeras, while the waterspouts are gargoyles.

Naturally we are dealing with a 1 century statue. Chimeras like the swift wings of devastation and death carried by Germanicus. As for the original word to describe chimeras I have doubts... but for sure it is not English :lol: . Perhaps an Etruscan word before their migration to Italy. Cherubins… sounds just like it :mrgreen: . Winged Genie the Phoenicians of Tyre placed at the Temple of Solomon …integrated in the Christian Age by St. Theresa of Avila in her visions of the cherubins/angels.

P.