Apollodorus, Library and Epitome 2.3.2
Pegasus, offspring of Medusa and Poseidon
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2.3.2
So Bellerophon mounted his winged steed Pegasus, offspring of Medusa and
Poseidon, and soaring on high shot down the Chimera from the height. After that
contest Iobates ordered him to fight the Solymi, and when he had finished that
task also, he commanded him to combat the Amazons. And when he had killed them
also, he picked out the reputed bravest of the Lycians and bade them lay an
ambush and slay him. But when Bellerophon had killed them also to a man,
Iobates, in admiration of his prowess, showed him the letter and begged him to
stay with him; moreover he gave him his daughter Philonoe, and dying bequeathed
to him the kingdom.
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