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Hervez mojennoù all e oant mibien da [[Poseidon|Boseidon]], a oa tad un toullad euzhviled all.
'''[[Atena]]''' a dapas hag a zoñvaas Pegasus, hag a gasas al loen d'ar [[Menez Parnas]] d'ar [[Muzezed]]. Diwar-se e voe marc'h ar Muzezed, ha prest da sikour ar varzhed.
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Son nom vient du grec {{grec ancien|πηγή}} / ''pêgế'', « la source » : Pégase est censé avoir fait jaillir, en frappant de son sabot le mont [[Hélicon (mythologie)|Hélicon]], demeure des [[Muses]], la source [[Hippocrène]], où s'abreuvent les poètes. Il fit jaillir une autre source de la même manière près de Trézène. C'est le symbole de la [[poésie]] — d'où l'expression grecque « enfourcher Pégase » pour « avoir de l'inspiration ».
[[Image:NAMA Epinetron Bellérophon.jpg|left|thumb|Pegasus and Bellerophon, Attic red-figure]]
[[Image:The-Winged-Horse.jpg|thumb|right|Pegasus and Bellerophon, from Mabie, Hamilton Wright (Ed.):''Myths Every Child Should Know'' (1914)]]
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Pegasus''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: ''Πήγασος'' (Pégasos)) was a winged horse that was the son of [[Poseidon]], in his role as horse-god, and the [[Gorgon]] [[Medusa]].
There are two versions of the winged stallion's birth and his brother the giant, [[Chrysaor]]:
* One is that they sprang from Medusa's neck as [[Perseus]] beheaded her, a "higher" birth, like the birth of [[Athena]] from the head of [[Zeus]].
* Another says that they were born of the Earth as Medusa's blood spilled onto it, in which case Poseidon would not be their sire. A variation on this story holds that they were formed from the mingling of Medusa's blood and the sea foam, thus including Poseidon in their making.
[[Hesiod]] connects the name ''Pegasos'' with the word for "spring, well", ''pēgē''; everywhere the winged horse struck hoof to the earth, an inspiring spring burst forth: one on the Muses' [[Mount Helicon]], the ''[[Hippocrene]]'' ("horse spring"), at the behest of Poseidon to prevent the mountain swelling too much and another at [[Troezen]]. The actual etymology of the name is most likely from [[Luwian language|Luwian]] ''pihassas'' "lightning", or ''pihassasas'', a weather god (the god of lightning). In Hesiod, Pegasos is still associated with this original significance by carrying the thunderbolts for Zeus.
[[Image:Pegasus iran.jpg|left|thumb|[[Parthia]]n era Bronze plate with Pegasus depiction ("Pegaz" in Persian). Excavated in [[Masjed Soleiman]], [[Khuzestan]], [[Iran]].]]
Pegasus aided the hero [[Bellerophon]] (or in later versions [[Perseus]]) in his fight against both the [[Chimera (mythology)|Chimera]] and the [[Amazons]]. There are varying tales as to how Bellerophon found Pegasus; the most common says that the hero was told by [[Polyeidos]] to sleep in the temple of [[Athena]], where the goddess visited him in the night and presented him with a golden bridle. The next morning, still clutching the bridle, he found Pegasus drinking at the [[Muse|Pierian]] spring. When the steed saw the bridle, he approached Bellerophon and allowed him to ride. Bellerophon slew the Chimaera on Pegasus' back, and then tried to ride the winged horse to the top of [[Mount Olympus (Mountain)|Mount Olympus]] to see the gods. However, Zeus sent down a [[Gadfly (mythology)|gadfly]] to sting Pegasus, causing Bellerophon to fall all the way back to Earth<ref>Parallels are in the myths of [[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]] and [[Phaeton]].</ref> on the Plain of Aleion ("Wandering"), where he lived out his life in misery as a blinded cripple.
Afterward, Pegasus found sanctuary on the sacred mountain, where he carried Zeus' thunderbolts and was ridden by [[Eos]], the goddess of dawn.
In his later life, Pegasus took a mate, Euippe (or Ocyrrhoe), and had two children [[Celeris]] and [[Melanippe]]. This family is the origin of the winged horses. Celeris is associated with the constelation [[Equuleus]].
[[Image:Pegasus.gif|thumb|right|The [[constellation]] Pegasus]]
Pegasus was not immortal. Because of his faithful service Zeus honoured him with a [[constellation]].<ref>Scott Littleton:"Mythology. The Illustrated Anthology of World Myth & Storytelling", p 147. Duncan Baird Publishers, London, 2002. ISBN 1-903296-37-4</ref> On the last day of his life, when Zeus transformed him into a constellation, a single feather fell to the earth near the city of [[Tarsus (city)|Tarsus]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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