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Bellerophon (ARL 31) was laid down on 12 December 1944 at Seneca, Ill., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 7 March 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Hazel Nitherspoon; and commissioned on 19 March 1945, Lt. Perry P. Wynn in command. On 21 March 1945, the ship sailed for Mobile, Ala., where she was placed out of commission on 31 March to be fitted out as a landing craft repair ship by the Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Co. The conversion was completed that summer; and Bellerophon was recommissioned on 21 July 1945 at Mobile, Lt. Samuel H. Alexander, USNR, in command.
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'''Bellerophon''' was the hero of [[Greek mythology]] who tamed and rode the flying horse [[Pegasus]] during his victory over the three-headed monster [[Chimera]].
  
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A native of [[Corinth]], Bellerophon was thought to be the son of [[Glaucus]], king of Corinth, but some sources claimed he was the son of sea god [[Poseidon]].  As a young man, he was determined to tame the winged horse Pegasus, and the seer Polyidus told him to go to the temple of [[Athena]] and sleep there.  Athena appeared that night and bestowed on Bellerophon a magical golden [[bridle]].  He went to where Pegasus was, and under the influence of Athena’s charm the horse allowed himself to be bridled with no trouble and from that point was Bellerophon's mount.
  
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On 31 July, the ship began a fortnight's shakedown cruise that took her to Galveston, Tex. She returned to Mobile on 14 August and began preparations for an overseas deployment. On 1 September, Bellerophon departed Mobile and headed for the Pacific Ocean. After transiting the Panama Canal, she headed up the west coast toward San Francisco. She made a stop at San Diego before arriving at Treasure Island on 3 October. There, the ship began duty as the repair ship for a newly formed boat pool. When a strike by civilian workers paralyzed civilian yards during the latter part of October, Bellerophon began making voyage repairs to "Magic Carpet” ships while also carrying out some conversion work to enable attack cargo ships to serve as passenger carriers.
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At some point after this, Bellerophon accidentally killed his own brother, and had to go to [[Argos]] to be purified.  The wife of the King fell in love with him, but Bellerophon rejected her advances.  The queen, Anteia, told her husband, Proetus, that Bellerophon had wronged her, and the king was determined to exact revenge. Bellerophon had eaten at his table, so to kill him directly would have been a sin against the gods, so he decided to send him to the kingdom of [[Lycia]] on an errand, with a letter asking the king there to kill the young man. The king, Iobates, received Bellerophon with great hospitality, so that when he read the letter, he was reluctant to carry out the request, being in the same position as Proetus.
  
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At the time, there was a creature ravaging the countryside, the [[chimera]], and the king asked Bellerophon if he would undertake to slay it.  As the chimera was held to be unkillable, the king thought he was sending Bellerophon on a suicide mission.  But riding Pegasus, Bellerophon was able to slay the monster.  King Iobates then sent him on other expeditions, first against the Solymes, who were mighty warriors, then against the notorious [[Amazons]].  Bellerophon passed all the trials, and the king was won over by his courage.  The two men became friends, and Bellerophon married the king’s daughter.
  
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That work lasted until the spring of 1946. On 26 March 1946, she departed San Francisco bound for Hawaii. Upon her arrival in Pearl Harbor, she was assigned to the Commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet, for duty repairing amphibious warfare ships. She concluded that assignment on 16 July and got underway to return to the west coast. The ship arrived in San Diego at the end of July and resumed repair work on amphibious ships. Bellerophon remained so engaged until placed out of commission at San Diego in September 1947. She remained in reserve—first at San Diego and later at Bremerton, Wash.—for the next three decades. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in October 1977, and she was sold on 20 June 1980 to the Levin Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif., for scrapping.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4-list.htm]</ref>
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Bellerophon fathered three children with his wife, became king of Lycia when his father-in-law died, and lived happily. But with his great success came great ambition, and Bellerophon deemed himself equal to the gods. He attempted to fly up to Mount Olympus on Pegasus to take what he believed to be his rightful place among the gods, but Zeus smote him with a thunderbolt.<ref>Some sources say that Pegasus threw him.</ref>  He fell to earth, and spent the rest of his life as a forlorn cripple, cursed by the gods and avoiding all human contact. In spite of Bellerophon’s pride leading him to a bad end, he was held as a hero in both Corinth and Lycia.
  
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==Notes==
 
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==Sources==
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*''Mythology'', by Edith Hamilton, Warner Books, 1942
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*''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', by Peirre Grimal, Blackwell Publishers, 1986
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[[Category:Greek Mythology]]

Latest revision as of 15:09, June 27, 2016

Bellerophon was the hero of Greek mythology who tamed and rode the flying horse Pegasus during his victory over the three-headed monster Chimera.

A native of Corinth, Bellerophon was thought to be the son of Glaucus, king of Corinth, but some sources claimed he was the son of sea god Poseidon. As a young man, he was determined to tame the winged horse Pegasus, and the seer Polyidus told him to go to the temple of Athena and sleep there. Athena appeared that night and bestowed on Bellerophon a magical golden bridle. He went to where Pegasus was, and under the influence of Athena’s charm the horse allowed himself to be bridled with no trouble and from that point was Bellerophon's mount.

At some point after this, Bellerophon accidentally killed his own brother, and had to go to Argos to be purified. The wife of the King fell in love with him, but Bellerophon rejected her advances. The queen, Anteia, told her husband, Proetus, that Bellerophon had wronged her, and the king was determined to exact revenge. Bellerophon had eaten at his table, so to kill him directly would have been a sin against the gods, so he decided to send him to the kingdom of Lycia on an errand, with a letter asking the king there to kill the young man. The king, Iobates, received Bellerophon with great hospitality, so that when he read the letter, he was reluctant to carry out the request, being in the same position as Proetus.

At the time, there was a creature ravaging the countryside, the chimera, and the king asked Bellerophon if he would undertake to slay it. As the chimera was held to be unkillable, the king thought he was sending Bellerophon on a suicide mission. But riding Pegasus, Bellerophon was able to slay the monster. King Iobates then sent him on other expeditions, first against the Solymes, who were mighty warriors, then against the notorious Amazons. Bellerophon passed all the trials, and the king was won over by his courage. The two men became friends, and Bellerophon married the king’s daughter.

Bellerophon fathered three children with his wife, became king of Lycia when his father-in-law died, and lived happily. But with his great success came great ambition, and Bellerophon deemed himself equal to the gods. He attempted to fly up to Mount Olympus on Pegasus to take what he believed to be his rightful place among the gods, but Zeus smote him with a thunderbolt.[1] He fell to earth, and spent the rest of his life as a forlorn cripple, cursed by the gods and avoiding all human contact. In spite of Bellerophon’s pride leading him to a bad end, he was held as a hero in both Corinth and Lycia.

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources say that Pegasus threw him.

Sources

  • Mythology, by Edith Hamilton, Warner Books, 1942
  • The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, by Peirre Grimal, Blackwell Publishers, 1986
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