The Rising American Chimera?

Pebble mosaic depicting the Greek hero Bellerophon riding the flying horse Pegasos killing the monster Chimera, c. 300–270 BCE. Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, Greece. Public Domain.

Prologue

According to Homer, Chimera was a hybrid monster made up of a lion, the head of a fire-breathing goat sprouting on the back of the lion and a dragon in the tail of the monster (Iliad 6.160-183). Such a monster of divine origins had no place in Greek society. Hero Bellerophon riding his winged horse Pegasos slayed Chimera.