Pegasus
c. 1400 BCE – 400 CEattested
Corinth, Greece
- Greek
Sprang from the neck of the decapitated Medusa, and struck the spring on Helicon where the Muses drink, which is why he ends up standing for poetic inspiration.
Known for
- winged horse
- born from Medusa
- the Hippocrene spring
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.