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    Pegasus is a winged horse from Greek mythology, usually depicted as a white stallion. He was born from the decapitated body of the Gorgon Medusa and was the brother of Chrysaor. According to myths, Pegasus ascended to Mount Olympus and became the horse of Zeus, carrying his thunderbolts. The Greek hero Bellerophon captured Pegasus and rode him into many exploits, including defeating the Chimera, until Bellerophon fell from Pegasus's back trying to reach Mount Olympus. Pegasus has been an important figure in iconography and art since ancient Greece.

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    Pegasus is a winged horse from Greek mythology, usually depicted as a white stallion. He was born from the decapitated body of the Gorgon Medusa and was the brother of Chrysaor. According to myths, Pegasus ascended to Mount Olympus and became the horse of Zeus, carrying his thunderbolts. The Greek hero Bellerophon captured Pegasus and rode him into many exploits, including defeating the Chimera, until Bellerophon fell from Pegasus's back trying to reach Mount Olympus. Pegasus has been an important figure in iconography and art since ancient Greece.

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    Pegasus is a winged horse from Greek mythology, usually depicted as a white stallion. He was born from the decapitated body of the Gorgon Medusa and was the brother of Chrysaor. According to myths, Pegasus ascended to Mount Olympus and became the horse of Zeus, carrying his thunderbolts. The Greek hero Bellerophon captured Pegasus and rode him into many exploits, including defeating the Chimera, until Bellerophon fell from Pegasus's back trying to reach Mount Olympus. Pegasus has been an important figure in iconography and art since ancient Greece.

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    Pegasus (Greek: Πήγασος, translit.

    Pḗgasos; Latin: Pegasus, Pegasos) is a winged horse in Greek


    mythology, usually depicted as a white stallion. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god,
    and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. Pegasus was the brother of Chrysaor, both born when their
    mother was decapitated by Perseus. Greco-Roman poets wrote about his ascent to heaven after his
    birth and his obeisance to Zeus, who instructed him to bring lightning and thunder from Olympus.

    Pegasus is the creator of Hippocrene, the fountain on Mount Helicon. He was captured by the Greek
    hero Bellerophon, near the fountain Peirene, with the help of Athena and Poseidon. Pegasus
    allowed Bellerophon to ride him in order to defeat the monster Chimera, which led to many more
    exploits. Bellerophon later fell from Pegasus's back while trying to reach Mount Olympus. Both
    Pegasus and Bellerophon were said to have died at the hands of Zeus for trying to reach Olympus.
    Other tales have Zeus bring Pegasus to Olympus to carry his thunderbolts.

    Long honored as a constellation, Pegasus is a subject of very rich iconography, especially


    through ancient Greek pottery as well as paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance.

    Etymology[edit]

    Pegasus, as the horse of Muses, on the roof of Poznań Opera

    House (Max Littmann, 1910) Pegasus on ancient cup of Marlik

    The poet Hesiod presents a folk etymology of the name Pegasus as derived from πηγή pēgē 'spring,
    well', referring to "the pegai of Okeanos, where he was born".[1]
    A proposed etymology of the name is Luwian pihassas 'lightning', and Pihassassi, a local Luwian-
    Hittite name in southern Cilicia of a weather deity associated with thunder and lightning. The
    proponents of this etymology adduce the role of Pegasus, reported as early as Hesiod, as the bringer
    of thunderbolts to Zeus. That interpretation was first suggested in 1952 and remains widely
    accepted,[2] but Robin Lane Fox (2009) has criticized it as implausible.[3]

    Michael Brown, who has been studying ancient and medieval Greek poetry in the context of the
    Greek-North European dialogue, has concluded from his studies that the word Pegasus is a pre-
    Celtic-PIE word, one that did not evolve into one of the numerous common names listed in both
    Greek and Western languages. This concept is discussed further in "Linguistics and Classical
    Theology", by William S. R. Miller, which is based on his work with Charles F. G. Osterhaus's analysis
    of the word and its relationships to Greek and Italian. The relationship of "Pegasus" to "Cyrillic" is
    discussed further in his Phrygian Monikers and the Naming of Greek Pronunciation "Cyrillic or Pene-
    Orthogyrin" and "Pegasus" as an Early Semitic construct.[4]

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