Pegazos
The winged horse born from Medusa's blood when Perseus decapitated her, later tamed by Bellerophon and used to kill the Chimera, before ascending to become a constellation.
The Myth of Pegazos
Pegasus burst from Medusa's neck at the moment of her death, fully formed and already winged. He did not serve Perseus — despite his origin — but flew free. He was later captured by the hero Bellerophon at the spring of Pirene in Corinth, using a golden bridle given by Athena. Riding Pegasus, Bellerophon defeated the Chimera, the Amazons, and the Solymi. Proud with success, Bellerophon attempted to fly Pegasus to Olympus itself; Zeus sent a gadfly to sting the horse, Bellerophon was thrown off and fell to earth lame and wandering. Pegasus continued to Olympus, where he carried Zeus' thunderbolts. Eventually he was placed among the stars as a constellation. A hoof-strike at Helicon created the spring Hippocrene, sacred to the Muses.
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Poseidon,Medusa
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Pegasus
🐉 creatureWinged divine horse
The immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of Medusa when Perseus beheaded her. Pegasus was tamed by Bellerophon and later became a constellation.
Pegasus
🐉 creatureFlight, heroism
Winged divine horse born from the blood of Medusa who carried Bellerophon against the Chimaera
Pegasus
🐉 creatureWinged horse of inspiration
Pegasus was the immortal winged horse born from Medusa's blood whose hoof-strike created the Hippocrene spring of poetic inspiration.
Arion
🐉 creatureSpeed, divinity
Supernaturally fast divine horse born from Poseidon and Demeter, later ridden by the hero Adrastus
Centaurs
🐉 creatureHalf-human, half-horse beings
A race of beings with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse. Most were wild and unruly, but the wise Chiron was the exception — teacher of heroes.
Balius
🐉 creatureSpeed, immortality
One of the two immortal horses of Achilles, born of the West Wind and the harpy Podarge
Xanthus
🐉 creatureSpeed, prophecy
Immortal horse of Achilles gifted with speech who prophesied his master's death at Troy
Bellerophon
🗡 heroTamer of Pegasus, slayer of the Chimera
The hero who tamed the winged horse Pegasus and used him to slay the monstrous Chimera. His story is a cautionary tale about hubris.
Bellerophon
🗡 heroThe hero who tamed Pegasus
The Corinthian hero who tamed the winged horse Pegasus and slew the Chimera, but fell from heaven when he tried to reach Olympus.
Poseidon Hippios
⚡ godhorses, sea
An epithet of Poseidon as lord of horses, reflecting his role as creator of the first horse and patron of equestrian arts.
Bellerophon and Chimera
💭 conceptNarrative
The hero's aerial battle against a fire-breathing monster while riding the winged horse Pegasus
Drakon Ismenios
🐉 creaturedragons
A sacred dragon of Ares that guarded the spring of Ismene near Thebes