Pegasides
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Pegasides (Greek: Πηγασίδες, singular: Πηγασίς) were nymphs of Greek mythology connected with wells and springs,[1] specifically those that the mythical horse Pegasus created by striking the ground with his hooves.[2]
Background
According to
sea and river god of the Greeks,[3] equivalent to the Roman Neptune.[4] The hero Bellerophon needed the untamed Pegasus to help him defeat the monster Chimera. Hence, while Pegasus was drinking at the spring Pirene in Corinth, Bellerophon caught him. Pegasus, startled, struck a rock with his hoof, creating the spring Hippocrene on Mount Helicon.[5]
The Pegasides
The name pegasides (plural form of the Greek feminine adjective pegasis) literally means "originating from or linked with Pegasus".
Pegasis is used by the Greek author
Gallery
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The spring Hippocrene, haunt of mythological Pegasides
Notes
- ^ Gardner, James (1858-60); p. 639.
- ^ a b Lemprière, John; Anthon, C. (1825); p. 530.
- ^ a b c Walford, Edward (1897); p. 77, vol 33.
- ^ Anthon, Charles (1857); p. 989.
- ^ Adam, Alexander (1816); p. 394.
- ^ a b Smith, William (1849); p. 165.
- Epigrams 9.58.6.
- Pegasid Muses" in the English translation.
- ^ Smith, William (1858); p 534.
- Pegasis Oenonein the Latin text.
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 3.300–302
- ^ Parada, Carlos (1997) s.v. "Nymphs: Pegasis".
References
- Adam, Alexander (1816). A Summary of Geography and History, both Ancient and Modern: with an Abridgment of the Fabulous History of Mythology of the Greeks. London: OCLC 751291898.
- Anthon, Charles (1857). A classical dictionary: containing an account of the principal proper names mentioned in ancient authors and intended to elucidate all the important points connected with geography, history, biography, mythology, and fine arts of the Greeks and Romans. New York: OCLC 1395800.
- Erasmus, Desiderius (1993). Poems: Volume 85-86 (Collected Works of Erasmus). ISBN 0-8020-2867-5.
- Gardner, James (1858–60). The faiths of the world; an account of all religions and religious sects, their doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs. Edinburgh, London: OCLC 4914490.
- Lemprière, John; Anthon, Charles (1825). A classical dictionary; containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors ... New York: OCLC 5897265.
- Parada, Carlos (1997). Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology. Vol. 107. ISBN 978-9170810626.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, The Epistles of Ovid. London. J. Nunn, Great-Queen-Street; R. Priestly, 143, High-Holborn; R. Lea, Greek-Street, Soho; and J. Rodwell, New-Bond-Street. 1813. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso. Amores, Epistulae, Medicamina faciei femineae, Ars amatoria, Remedia amoris. Edition by R. Ehwald; Rudolphi Merkelii; Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1907. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Tristia (The Early Letters from Tomis AD 8-12) translated by A. S. Kline. © Copyright 2003. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Tristia. Arthur Leslie Wheeler. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1939. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theoi.com
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Smith, William (1858). A classical dictionary of biography, mythology, and geography : based on the larger dictionaries. London: OCLC 316433650.
- Walford, Edward; Cox, John C.; Apperson, George L. (1897). The Antiquary (1897). OCLC 663459113.