person
Bellerophon
also: Bellerophonte, Bellerophon
Greek hero, tamer of Pegasus and slayer of the Chimaera, who in later life fell from divine favour and wandered the Aleian plain in solitary grief. Cicero quotes Homer's depiction of him (Iliad 6.200-202) as eating his own heart and shunning the paths of men.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §3.63 as Homer says of Bellerophon
The hero Bellerophon, fallen from divine favour, who in Homer (Iliad 6.200-202) wandered the Aleian plain in solitary grief, 'eating his own heart.' He typifies the mourner who seeks out solitude.