1.Greek MythologyA winged horse that with a stroke of his hoof caused the fountain Hippocrene to spring forth from Mount Helicon. 2.A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquarius and Andromeda. [Middle English, from LatinPēgasus, from GreekPēgasos.] ...
In Greek mythology the Hippoi Athanatoi were the immortal horses of the gods. Most of these divine steeds were offspring of the four Anemoi (Wind-Gods) who themselves drew the chariot of Zeus in the guise of horses.
In some versions of Greek mythology, Zeus ate his wife Metisbecause it was known that their second child would be more powerful than him. After Metis's demise, their first child Athena was born when Hephaestus cleaved Zeus's head open and the goddess of war emerged, fully grown and armed....
In Greek mythology the Horses of the Dioscuri were four immortal steeds gifted to the Dioscuri by the gods Hermes and Hera. They served the twins both during their time on earth and after their ascension to godhood. The horses were named Cyllarus, Xanthu
Although there haven’t been many actual sightings of these animals, their likeness can be found on the walls of temples, Roman baths, in fountains, & even decorating tomb walls. Hippocampus Today These days the term is used to refer to the seahorse, which is a very literal translation of...
A copy of Count Joseph Potocki’s handwritten pedigree of Skowronek, written in 1919 is included in the same issue of The Arabian Horse News (and at the top of this page). Another article in the February, 1958 issue of The Arabian Horse News was written by Count Roman Potocki (brother ...
sacrifice to gods or ancestors and a means of posthumous transportation to another world.1By comparing the literary with archaeological ways in which horses are represented in Norse mythology and accounts of pagan rituals, I identify two main categories of divine function for the horse in this era...
Arabian stallion credited with contributing more to the greatness of the modern Arab than any other individual of his breed. But, fortunately, Skowronek came onto the scene shortly after the turn of the century and for that reason his career is not so heavily veiled in mythology as many other...
64 ff (trans. Mozley) (Roman epic C1st A.D.) : "Earth trembles, and horned [river] Hebrus bellows and stays his torrent's flow; then all the war-steeds that troubled the valley sped foaming o'er the frightened meads, sure sign of his [Ares] approach . . . Glorious in Hyrcanian...
450 ff (trans. Mozley) (Roman epic C1st A.D.) : "[Hesione addresses Heracles:] ‘He [Poseidon] for whom my father [Laomedon] now feeds snow-white Horses in the pasture of his vow, the pledged reward for saving my life, say Yea and rescue both me and wasted Troy from the ...