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In Greek mythology, Pegasus, or Pegasos was a winged horse that was the foal of Poseidon, in his role as horse-god and the Gorgon Medusa.
Descriptions vary as to the winged stallion's birth, some say that he sprang from Medusa's neck as Perseus beheaded her, a "higher" birth, like the birth of Athene from the head of Zeus. Others says that Pegasus was born of the earth as Medusa's blood spilled onto it, in which case Poseidon would not be his sire.
The word Pegasos is derived from the Greek for the word spring, and everywhere the winged horse struck hoof to earth, an inspiring spring burst forth: one on Mount Helicon, the Hippocrene ("horse spring"), at the behest of Poseidon to prevent the mountain swelling too much and another at Troezen.
Mounted on Pegasus, and with the Gorgon's head safely in his magical bag, Perseus was completed as a hero, and was ready to win Andromeda.
Pegasus aided the hero Bellerophon, who is a double in some way for Perseus, in his fight against both the Chimera and the Amazons. There are varying tales as to how Bellerophon found Pegasus, some say that the hero found him drinking at the Pierian spring and that Polyidus told Bellerophon how to find and tame him, others that either Athene or Poseidon brought him to Bellerophon.
Prior to aiding Bellerophon, Pegasus brought thunderbolts to Zeus, and following Bellerophon's death he returned to Mount OlympusMount Olympus (also transliterated as Mount Olympos and on modern maps, ros Olimbos is the highest mountain in Greece, at 2911 meters high; it is situated at 40°05'N 22°21'E. The name means "The Luminous One" in Classic Greek language. Mount Olympus is no to aid the gods. In his later life, Pegasus took a wife, Euippe (or Ocyrrhoe), by whom he had two children, Celeris and MelanippeIn Greek mythology, Melanippe referred to several different people. Mother or lover of Aeolus #Daughter of Althaea and Oeneus, one of the Meleagrids. She was turned into a guinea pig by Artemis after the death of her brother, Meleager. Sister of Hippolyte. This family is the origin of the pterippi , as they should be correctly called, though a "Pegasus" is often referred to.
Pegasus was eventually turned into a constellationOrion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). A constellation is a group of stars visibly related to each other in a particular configuration. In three-dimensional space, most of the stars, but a single feather fell to the earth near the city of TarsusTarsus is a city in present day Turkey, on the mouth of the Tarsus Cay ( Cydnus) into the Mediterranean. History The ancient name is Tarsos, probably derived from the God Tarku. It was located at the crossing of several important trade routes, linking sou (hence its name).
See also: Pegasus (constellation)Pegasus (the winged horse) is a northern constellation, named after the mythological Pegasus. It is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy. Notable features Pegasus' three brightest stars together
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