Jay's Analysis 16-01-11 Original post Cached copy Raping Nature: Wells’ Island of Dr. Moreau and Ritual Bio-engineering Jay's Analysis - 2016-01-11 - Original post - Cached copy Wells’ 1896 novel. By: Jay Dyer The notion of creating a chimaera is an ancient tale: For the ancient Greeks, it was a fire-breathing beast with the heads of a goat, lion and snake, appearing in Homer’s Iliad in Book VI as follows: