Bellerophon

Bellerophon, or Hipponous, a hero of mythology, had to flee to Proetus, King of Argos, for refuge. While there the king's wife, Antrea, fell in love with him, an affection that he did not reciprocate. She thereupon got the king to send him to her father, Iobates, King of Syria, with a sealed letter requesting Iobates to put him to death. Not caring to do this with his own hands, Iobates imposed on Bellerophon the task of slaying the Chimaera, which he thought would lead to the hero's death. Mounted on the winged steed Pegasus, given him by Pallas, he succeeded in slaying the monster. Other attempts to kill Bellerophon having failed, Iobates gave him in marriage his daughter Philonoe, by whom he had three children, Isander, Hippolochus, and Laodameia.