Hippogriffs feature in many works of popular culture: * Don Quixote, in which the title character's horse Rocinante is said to be faster than Astolfo's hippogriff. * Agesilan of Colchos, a sequel to Amadis of Gaul, published in the 1530s. * Ambrose Bierce's satiric "The Devil's Dictionary" (1911; before "The Cynic's Word Book", 1906):"HIPPOGRIFF, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, a one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises." * Eric Rücker Eddison's 1922 novel The Worm Ouroboros. * Many role-playing games . In the Eberron campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons, the hip