Peigeasas — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Pegasus noun In Greek myth, a winged horse born from the blood of the slain Gorgon Medusa, later tamed by the hero Bellerophon.
Senses
Peigeasas is used for these senses in English:
- Pegasus (Greek mythology) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.
- Pegasus (constellation) A constellation of the northern sky, near the vernal equinoctial point, representing the winged horse. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
Pegasus — full definition
- noun In Greek myth, a winged horse born from the blood of the slain Gorgon Medusa, later tamed by the hero Bellerophon.
- noun A constellation in the northern sky named after this mythical horse.