Paciurea's Chimeras.(Dimitrie Paciurea)

Apollo | October 1, 2003| | Copyright

Striking her wings with the dragon tail, as she leaps and flies, and spits fire from her nostrils, comes the green-eyed chimera, wheeling, yelping..."I incite to perilous voyages and great enterprises. With my paws I have chiselled architectural wonders...I look for new scents, larger flowers, untried pleasures. If anywhere I catch sight of a man contented and wise in spirit, I fall upon him and strangle him."(1)

A malevolent, pleasure-seeking, she-creature, Gustave Flaubert's chimera is also endowed with the divine spark of creativity. This elevates her above the ...

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