χίμαιρ-α [ῐ], ἡ,
she-goat, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.181, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 322, “PCair.Zen.” 576.3 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; sacrificed before battle to Ἄρτεμις Ἀγροτέρα, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 232 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.12, “HG” 4.2.20, “Lac.” 13.8; θαλλὸν χιμαίραις προσφέρων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 502 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; a young she-goat (compare χίμαρος), [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 523a1; χ. ἐξ αἰγῶν ] Refs 4th c.BC+]kid, [[ LXX.Lev.4.28, 29. ] LXX]
__II Χίμαιρα, ἡ, Chimaera, a fire-breathing monster, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.179, compare 16.328; 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 319, etc.; χ. πύρπνοος 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.3 (troch.), Epinic. 2.10. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 explained as mythical for a volcano in Lycia, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.3.5. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]