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title: Pegasus
description: The Greek myth of the winged horse.
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**Pegasus**

Pegasus is a winged horse. In the Greek tradition, he is an animal in the service of Zeus. The horse loved to wander the earth, and it was on one of his wanderings that he encountered Bellerophon, a hero with whom he shared many adventures. The most famous of these was the slaying of the Chimera.

When Bellerophon had the audacity to fly alongside Pegasus up to the heavens to verify whether the gods truly existed, Zeus, punishing him for his arrogant distrust, caused the winged horse to bolt and Bellerophon to fall into the abyss. But the horse was not to blame, and so Zeus allowed him to continue his journey to the constellation—into which he was transformed—and which has borne his name ever since.

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