Bellerophonic

English

Etymology

From Bellerophon +‎ -ic.

Adjective

Bellerophonic (comparative more Bellerophonic, superlative most Bellerophonic)

1. Of or relating to Bellerophon, a hero of Greek mythology, who was killed on the instructions of a letter given to him to deliver by the jealous Proteus.
   • 1988, Marianne Shapiro, The Poetics of Ariosto, page 97:

     This event is counterbalanced by Astolfo's encounter with the Amazons, which also constitutes an explicitly Bellerophonic anecdote.