Pegasus, the winged horse

Pegasus is a winged horse that circles in the heavens and is there for gods to behold. It is said that Pegasus in an offspring of Poseidon and Medusa and that it sprung from the blood of Medusa when Perseus beheaded her. According to Hesiod, all this had happended near the springs (pegae) of Oceanus and hence the name Pegasus who then flew away and left the earth and joined the deathless gods in the house of Zeus and brings to allmighty Zeus the thunder and lightning. Similar thing is said in Ovid's Fasti, where Pegasus glided above the clouds and beneath the stars. The sky served him as solid ground and his wing served him for a foot. He simply enjoys flying through the sky and when he rises high above, he sparkles bright with fifteen stars.

Creating a sacred fountain

According to Aratus, Pegasus brought down the bright water of bountinful Hippocrene from Helicon. It is said that the horse smote it and straightway the water started pouring abundantly at the stamp of his forefoot and herdsmen were the first to call that stream the fountain of the Horse. Similar is said by Fulgentius where Pegasus is described as having struck out a fountain for the Muses with his heel.

In company of Bellerophon

In many accounts Pegasus is known for aiding Greek hero Bellerophon. It is said that the hero was able to tame Pegasus at the spring near the city of Pierne, after the goddess Athena appeared in his dream and told him use a bridle with golden cheek-pieces and to sacrifice a white bull to Poseidon, the tamer of horses, whose blood was, according to Nonnus, flowing through the veins of both Bellerophon and Pegasus and that might have helped for them to bond more easily as they are mentioned working together in quest of slaying Chimera, the fire-breathing beast. They've had many adventures before Pegasus unsaddling his master from the sky when Bellerophon was trying to reach the home of the gods.