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The myth of Pegasus and the chimera - Iseult Gillespie

The myth of Pegasus and the chimera - Iseult Gillespie

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Discover the myth of Bellerophon, the hero who battled and killed the Chimera monster atop the winged horse Pegasus. Shielded from the gorgon s stone gaze, Perseus crept through Medusa s cave. When he reached her, he drew his sickle and brought it down on her neck. From Medusa's neck sprung two children. One was a giant wielding a golden sword; the other was the magnificent, winged horse, Pegasus. No bridle could contain him until one fateful day. Iseult Gillespie details the myth of the hero Bellerophon.
Date: 2022-09-29

Comments and reviews: 14


This version makes Iobates and Bellerpheron look bad. The version I read was much more enjoyable. Also, I think he killed the Chimera by filling its throat with lead on a spear tip. And Bellerpheron killed his brother before getting Pegasus, and 'captured' him on the way to the king who purified him (his wife made the plan for his death, not the king. Lastly, Pegasus is Bellerpheron's brother, as his father is Poseidon =)
This is all in the version I read though

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People often forget that Athena is also the goddess of war, however she s different from Ares as she represents the better sides of war like tactics and such while Ares represents the horrible things
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How can y all be mad at Zeus for putting Pegasus in heaven and freeing Pegasus when you support someone subduing and using /abusing to get there, must support Medusa too cause makes no sense to me
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Pegasus was allowed into Olympus because he was the main source of Bellerophon's greatness. He wouldn't have been able to do many of those feats without pegasus, even as a great warrior.
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3: 37, fun fact, in the myth I know, Bellerephon killed it by shoving the spear up the chimera's throat while it was breathing fire, and the chimera choked on the melting spear head
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0: 27 ah yes. Children springing from someone's neck. Greek mythology always amuses me with stuff like this. It's so much more inventive than a stork xD
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Gotta say Bellorophon is actually one of the more enjoyable heroes.
Making it really weird that I never heard this before
Thanks Ted-ed!

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What the heck did Bellerophon do to enrage Zeus?
Like come on, he was ridiculously close to reaching heaven but Zeus was like oh no you don't

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And all of this from a couple of stars in a pretty pattern. Good thing the Ancient Greeks were so creative with their storytelling!
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' super awesome giga ultra terra. galactic camera ' - Suneo ( Doraemon.
' fire breathing lion goat dragon chimera. ' - Ted Ed.
2: 56

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When will someone make a faithful adaption of all these incredible myths? It could be called like GEU (Greek mythology Extended Universe)
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The story was actually good till Zeus happened. Greek gods didn't like to share their hegemony among humans eventhough they deserved it.
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I truly am fascinated with any mythology and I would binge a series going over the reasons and logic of each cultures mythologies.
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Fun fact, the name bellaraphon, means killer of Bellos, this is because he accidentally killed a guy called bellos when he was younger.
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