Pegasus the winged-horse Statue Ancient Greek Mythology Alabaster Sculpture

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Dimensions (approximately):
Height: 10 cm (7.9 inches)
Width: 7.0 cm ( 2.8 inches)
Depth: 10cm (3.9 inches)
Weight: 210g
(K04-42)
Material & Manufacture process: Cast Alabaster
Pegasus, in Greek mythology, a winged horse that sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa as she was beheaded by the hero Perseus. With Athena’s (or Poseidon’s) help, another Greek hero, Bellerophon, captured Pegasus and rode him first in his fight with the Chimera.
Hesiod says that Pegasus’ name originates in the Greek word for springs, pegae, since he was supposedly born near the springs of Ocean. But he was also associated with waters due to an extraordinary trait of his he had inherited from his father.
Namely, just like Poseidon, Pegasus was capable of creating water streams wherever he’d struck his hoof. At least two famous springs in Greece, both named Hippocrene (“Horse Spring”), were widely believed to have been issued forth by Pegasus’ hoof. The more famous one of the two was located on Mount Helicon, the sacred abode of the Muses; its waters, when drunk, enthused poets with inspiration and creativeness. After years of service, Zeus awarded Pegasus with a constellation, which bears his name to this very day.