General
Chimera is a postgraduate student publication, produced with the Department of Geography, UCC since 1986. It is an inter-disciplinary journal that strives to incorporate the thoughts, ideas and visions of researchers from different backgrounds.
Chimera is a postgraduate student publication, produced with the Department of Geography, UCC since 1986. It is an inter-disciplinary journal that strives to incorporate the thoughts, ideas and visions of researchers from different backgrounds.
Editorial Committee 2012/13:
Co-Editor (Co-ordination): Richard Scriven
Co-Editor (Finance): Sinéad O'Connor
Co-Editor (Communications): Matthew Williams
Co-Editor (Formatting/IT): Sarah Kandrot
Chi·me·ra [ki-meer-uh, kahy-] noun, plural chi·me·ras.
A mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chimera)
The Chimera (also Chimaera or Chimæra) (
/kɨˈmɪərə/ or /kaɪˈmɪərə/; Greek: Χίμαιρα, Khimaira, from χίμαρος, khimaros, "she-goat") was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing female creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of multiple animals: upon the body of a lioness with a tail that ended in a snake's head, the head of a goat arose on her back at the center of her spine.
A mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chimera)
The Chimera (also Chimaera or Chimæra) (
/kɨˈmɪərə/ or /kaɪˈmɪərə/; Greek: Χίμαιρα, Khimaira, from χίμαρος, khimaros, "she-goat") was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing female creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of multiple animals: upon the body of a lioness with a tail that ended in a snake's head, the head of a goat arose on her back at the center of her spine.
From Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira). The fabulous monster in Lycea (with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail), supposedly personification of snow or winter, originally "year-old she-goat", from χεῖμα (kheima, “winter season”). Meaning "wild fantasy" first recorded 1587.
