Pegausus (Character)

=Pegasus=

Bellerophon riding Pegasus (1914)Pegasus sprang from the blood issuing from Medusa's neck after Perseus beheaded her, similar to the manner in which Athena was born from the head of Zeus. The term Pegasus (and the plural Pegasi) can also refer to any winged horse.

Bellerophon

Pegasus aided the hero Bellerophon in his fight against both the Amazons and the Chimera. Bellerophon found Pegasus when the hero was told by Polyeidos to sleep in the temple of Athena, where the goddess visited him in the night and presented him with a golden bridle. The next morning, still clutching the bridle, he found Pegasus drinking at the Pierian spring. When the steed saw the bridle, he approached Bellerophon and allowed him to ride. Bellerophon slew the Chimera on Pegasus' back, and then tried to ride the winged horse to the top of Mount Olympus to see the gods. However, Zeus sent down a gadfly to sting Pegasus and cause Bellerophon to fall.

Constellation

Because of his faithful service to Zeus, Pegasus was honored with transformation into a constellation

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