Pegasus (Peg´asus). The famous winged horse which was said to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when her head was cut off by Perseus. His abode was on Mount Helicon, where, by striking the ground with his hoof, he caused water to spring forth, which formed the fountain afterward called Hippocrene.
“Each spurs his faded
Pegasus apace.”
“Thy stumbling founder’d jade can trot as high
As any other Pegasus can fly.”
“To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus,
And witch the world with noble horsemanship.”
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