Minerva, The Muses, Pegasus
Her brother, until now, had always had Minerva at his side. But now she left. Out from Seriphus, with a hollow cloud to cloak her, passing Gyarus and Cythnus upon her right, she took the shortest course: over the sea, she reached the land of Thebes and Helicon, the Virgin Muses home.
When she had come to rest upon those slopes, she told the learned sisters: "I have heard that you now have a new and wonderous fount on Helicon and it burst out from the ground beneath the winged Pegasus hard hoof. I've come to see this marvel: I was there when from Medusa's blood, that horse was born. Urania replied:" Not matter what has drawn you to our home, you gladden us, O goddess, with your visit. You can trust the news you heard: we owe to Pegasus our new, our sacred, spring." She led the goddess to see the wonder.
And Minerva looked at length at where the waters had sprung up beneath the horses hoof, when it struck hard. And then her eyes took in the ancient forests, the inmost groves, the grottoes, and the flowers those countless points of color in the meadows. She said the daughters of Mnemosyne, in what they did and where they lived, were blessed.
Info that i found about Pegasus:
- They got the fount from Pegasus because he was so happy he struck his hoof.
- His name is derived from varient of the greek word "pege" which means spring or fountian and form "sus" is pre-greek in origin it means bridled hoarse referring to the figure head of a ship. thus Pegasus can literally mean "fountian Horse".
- son of medusa and poseidon
- Mounted by Perseus, who flew over the sea to slay the sea dragon Letus.
- taken by god athena to Mt. Helicon to be reared by the Muses.
- Insperation of the Muses especially Urania his nursemaid.
- Occasionally mounted by Eos and Apollo
- Beared Zeus' divine lightening bolts
- Earthly and Heavenly deeds honored with a memorial in the heavens his very own constellation.
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