5907374 Mosaic depicting the Chimera, Arasta Bazaar, Sultan Ahmet Mosque, Istanbul. by Roman (5th century AD); Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul, Turkey; (add.info.: The Chimera was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of more than one animal. It is usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat protruding from its back, and a tail that might end with a snake\'s head. It was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra;); Prismatic Pictures .