Editing Pegasus (section)

== Bellerophon ==
[[File:Bellerophon_Khimaira_Louvre_A478.jpg|thumb|Bellerophon fighting the Chimera, side A of a black-figure double-belly cup of Siana made in Athens found in Camiros (Rhodes)]]
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|footer=Left: a [[Hellenistic art|Hellenistic Greek]] [[mosaic]] of [[Bellerophon]] riding Pegasus while slaying the [[Chimera (mythology)|Chimera]], 300–270 BC, [[Archaeological Museum of Rhodes]] {{pb}}Right: a [[Roman mosaic]] of Bellerophon slaying the Chimera, 2nd to 3rd centuries AD, [[Musée de la Romanité]]
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Pegasus aided the hero [[Bellerophon]] in his fight against the [[Chimera (mythology)|Chimera]]. There are varying tales about how Bellerophon found Pegasus; the most common<ref>For example in [[Pindar]], Olympian Ode 13.</ref> being that the hero was told by [[Polyeidos]] to sleep in the [[Parthenon|temple of Athena]], where the goddess visited him in the night and presented him with a golden bridle. The next morning, still clutching the bridle, Bellerophon found Pegasus drinking at the [[Pierian]] spring, caught him, and eventually tamed him.