Pegasus

Definitions

1. A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.
   Greek
2. Any winged horse; pterippus.
3. A constellation of the northern sky, near the vernal equinoctial point, representing the winged horse. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
   Greek
4. A coin of ancient Corinth with a winged horse depicted on the obverse.
   historical
5. Poetic inspiration; muse.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“Confidence in Corinthian Pegasi grew up in the Greek zone of the island in such a way that Pegasi became the accepted coin of the realm.”

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