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Chimera: [[Image:Chimera.jpg|200px|thumb]] The '''Chimera''' or '''Chimaera''' (pronounced keye-MIR-uh) was "a fire-breathing she-monster in [[Greek mythology]] having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail."<ref>http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chimera</ref> The monster was slain by Bellerophon, riding the winged horse, Pegasus. The term has multiple uses in modern [[biology]]. One prominent definition is an animal that has multiple different populations of genetically distinct [[cell]]s that originated from different [[zygote]]s. Some humans are naturally chimeric, sharing cells from a twin (often one that was never born) or a parent.<ref>http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/11/27/1069825920727.html </ref> In popular usage, a chimera means something deliberately created with a combination of human and animal [[cell]]s. Such combination is often opposed on [[religious]] and [[ethical]] grounds. Some [[Catholic]] bishops have argued that such [[embryo]]s should not be created but should be brought to term if created in contrast to proposed legislation in [[Great Britain]] which would allow both the creation of chimeras and outlaw the implantation of a chimera once created.<ref>http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/06/uk-catholic-bis.html </ref><ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/26/nchimera126.xml </ref>  

Chimera: [[Image:Chimera.jpg|thumb|Chimera]] The '''Chimera''' or '''Chimaera''' (pronounced keye-MIR-uh) was "a fire-breathing she-monster in [[Greek mythology]] having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail."<ref>http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chimera</ref> The monster was slain by Bellerophon, riding the winged horse, Pegasus. The term has multiple uses in modern [[biology]]. One prominent definition is an animal that has multiple different populations of genetically distinct [[cell]]s that originated from different [[zygote]]s. Some humans are naturally chimeric, sharing cells from a twin (often one that was never born) or a parent.<ref>http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/11/27/1069825920727.html </ref> In popular usage, a chimera means something deliberately created with a combination of human and animal [[cell]]s. Such combination is often opposed on [[religious]] and [[ethical]] grounds. Some [[Catholic]] bishops have argued that such [[embryo]]s should not be created but should be brought to term if created in contrast to proposed legislation in [[Great Britain]] which would allow both the creation of chimeras and outlaw the implantation of a chimera once created.<ref>http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/06/uk-catholic-bis.html </ref><ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/26/nchimera126.xml </ref>  

Coronus: '''Coronus''' was the son of [[Caeneus]], father of the [[Achaean]] [[Leonteus]].  

Coronus: '''Coronus''' was the son of [[Caeneus]], father of the [[Achaean]] [[Leonteus]].  

Curetes: The '''Curetes''' were [[Aetolians]] living in [[Pleuron]], who made war on the Aetolians of [[Calydon]].  

Curetes: The '''Curetes''' were [[Aetolians]] living in [[Pleuron]], who made war on the Aetolians of [[Calydon]].  

Cyclopes: [[Image:Cyclop.jpg|right|230px|thumb]] The '''Cyclopes''' are members of the Greco-mythical race of giants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, like monsters. The most famous of these was Polyphemus, descendant of [[Poseidon]] from Homer's [[Odyssey]].  

Cyclopes: [[Image:Cyclop.jpg|right|thumb|Cyclop]] The '''Cyclopes''' are members of the Greco-mythical race of giants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead, like monsters. The most famous of these was Polyphemus, descendant of [[Poseidon]] from Homer's [[Odyssey]].  

Gigantes: The '''Gigantes''' (in Greek [[Mythology]] monstrous giants) are (according to the poet [[Hesiod]]) the children of [[Uranus]] and [[Gaia]]. The [[titan]]s are as well often imagined to be of great size and strength, hence the word titanic. Also the [[Cyclopes]], in mythology, are giants with one eye. [[Goliath]], the champion of the [[Philistines]], was a giant, as well as [[Gog]] the giant of the Amorites, (''og in Hebrew means "gigantic"''). <ref>Hebrew Bible</ref>.  <br> <center> [[Image:WAR OF THE GIANTS.jpg|thumb]] </center>  

Gigantes: The '''Gigantes''' (in Greek [[Mythology]] monstrous giants) are (according to the poet [[Hesiod]]) the children of [[Uranus]] and [[Gaia]]. The [[titan]]s are as well often imagined to be of great size and strength, hence the word titanic. Also the [[Cyclopes]], in mythology, are giants with one eye. [[Goliath]], the champion of the [[Philistines]], was a giant, as well as [[Gog]] the giant of the Amorites, (''og in Hebrew means "gigantic"''). <ref>Hebrew Bible</ref>.  <br> <center> [[Image:WAR OF THE GIANTS.jpg|thumb|War of the Giants]] </center>  

Hercules: In Greek mythology, '''Hercules''' was the son of [[Zeus]], the king of the gods, and the mortal woman Alcmena. Possessing great strength, he was constantly tormented by Zeus' goddess wife, [[Hera]], who sought to have him killed to blot out the reminder of Zeus' infidelity. Even as an infant two snakes were sent to kill Hercules in his crib, but instead he strangled them with his great strength. Hera later made Hercules insane so that he killed his family, and, once he recovered his sanity, planned to commit suicide until [[Theseus]] convinced him not to. [[Image:Hercules.jpg|Hercules fights against a lion|thumb]] The legends of Hercules are many, including his Twelve Labors, and his eventual death due to poison through trickery and his killing of a lion. Hercules has become a major part of western culture and has had TV shows based on the character as well as many movies. The Hercules of mythology is often more savage and his character more unstable than what is usually shown in these adaptations.  

Hercules: In Greek mythology, '''Hercules''' was the son of [[Zeus]], the king of the gods, and the mortal woman Alcmena. Possessing great strength, he was constantly tormented by Zeus' goddess wife, [[Hera]], who sought to have him killed to blot out the reminder of Zeus' infidelity. Even as an infant two snakes were sent to kill Hercules in his crib, but instead he strangled them with his great strength. Hera later made Hercules insane so that he killed his family, and, once he recovered his sanity, planned to commit suicide until [[Theseus]] convinced him not to. [[Image:Hercules.jpg|Hercules fights against a lion|thumb]] The legends of Hercules are many, including his Twelve Labors, and his eventual death due to poison through trickery and his killing of a lion. Hercules has become a major part of western culture and has had TV shows based on the character as well as many movies. The Hercules of mythology is often more savage and his character more unstable than what is usually shown in these adaptations.