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Pegasus-Matthew Probert's Encyclopedia. Image Used With Permission. Pegasus was the winged horse of Bellerophon and Perseus. After the horse helped Bellerophon defeat the Chimaera, he then tried to ride the horse up into the tops of Mount Olympus. Zeus did not agree to this and sent a thunderbolt down to stun the horse into throwing the hero off. Pegasus was allowed to fly the rest of the way to the top of Mount Olympus.

Birth: Pegasus was born when the hero Perseus chopped of Medusa's head. The horse was born from the blood the dripped out of the severed head.

 

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