| This was the King of the country in which Bellerophon lived. |
| If Bellerophon had been told truly, it was in one of those dismal valleys that the hideous chimaera had taken up its abode. |
| The king did not read the letters for ten days after Bellerophon came to Lycia. |
| In the myth, it was Bellerophon, straddling the winged horse Pegasus, who finally slew the fire-breathing chimera. |
| Sending a hero to his presumed death is also a recurrent theme of this early heroic tradition, used in the cases of Perseus and Bellerophon. |
| Bellerophon had been in the dockyard for repairs, so the new crew was less than perfect in carrying out their duties. |
