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Pegasus is a white stallion that is recounted in an ancient Greek story as the son of Posaidon and Medusa, its name comes from the Greek (Πήγασος; Pégasos) "pegai" meaning wells, or "pihassas" which means lightning, or can also be connected with "something glowing" and the idea of "jumping out"
Medusa was later condemned by Athena after being raped by Posaidon dikuilnya and then condemned to Gorgon. Her brother Pegasus and Chrysaor are told to have been born of Medusa blood, when Medusa's head was beheaded by Perseus.
a more detailed version of the myth says that two of them were born when Medusa's blood was mixed with sea foam. Myth says that Pegasus was born as a winged horse because his father Posaidon had a form of horses when seducing Medusa. When Pegasus was born, a massive thunder with lightning penetrated the sky, so this was the basis of the relationship between Pegasus and the sky.
Pegasus then lived as an orphaned kud, then raised by Muses, the goddess of Senica of Mount Helicon, in manadia brought by the goddess Athena.Never one dayPegasus fly to Mount Helicon, where the godsdesses muses, where he set foot came a spring that was later named Hipocrene , the horse's spring or spring horse. Poseidon ordered the mountain so as not to swell with the singing ofMuses. Then the springs were an inspirational water for the Muses who loved flying horses. One of them was named Urania, a Muse of Astronomy and Love, he loved Pegasus so much, he could see the the heroic front for Pegasus as well as some honor langityang was waiting for him. When the Greek hero Bellerophonse, who sent King Lycia to kill the Chimaera monsters, was staying in the middle of Athena.Sang goddess came in his dream and gave him a golden bridle and showed the existence of Pegasus.Pegasus who was drinking deng calm in the springs managed to be caught and tamed by Bellerophon and dijadikanya mounts in killing the monster Chimaera. Urania who knows that Pegasus is caught becomes very sad, but he knows that the adventurous Pegasus journey is just about to begin.
Bellerofon rides Pegasus in his various adventures, for example when killing Khimaira, defeating Solimi, and fighting the Amazon.
One time Bellerofon tried to ride Pegasus to go to Olympus, the abode of the gods. The gods punish Bellerofon by sending insects to sting Pegasus so that Pegasus goes berserk and drops Bellerofon
Meanwhile Pegasus succeeds in reaching Olympus. Then he stayed in Olympus and assigned Zeus to bring him a ride. He was also assigned as a dawn ride goddess, named Eos.Pegasus then married with Euippedan to have a child so that since then came the other flying horses.Pegasus is not an immortal creature, but Zeus respects the service that Pegasus has given, so he puts Pegasus among constellations.
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