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the stream of blood flowing from the slain Gorgon arose Chrysaor (the man 
with the golden sword), and Pegasus, the winged horse (pl. 25, jig. 21). 
Perseus now thrust the head into the silver bag, and mounting Pegasus, fled 
from the island. 
The two sisters of Medusa, Stheno and Huryale, aroused by her death-cry, 
called to their assistance Poseidon, to whom they related the calamity of 
their sister (pl. 30, fig. 10). They are represented in short tunics, and 
their broad tongues protrude between the long teeth of their horrid mouths. 
To the left stands the Nymph who directed Perseus to the retreat of the 
Gorgons. They pursued the murderer; but the helmet which made him 
invisible, and the speed cf Pegasus, enabled him to escape unhurt. He 
sped his course over Africa, and wheresoever the blood-dr ops fell from the 
dripping head upon the cece they took the form of poisonous serpents, — 
and ever since that region has been infested with venomous reptiles. On 
his way he stopped with Atlas (King of Ethiopia), who had beautiful 
gardens and trees which bore golden apples. It had been predicted to 
Atlas that he should lose his gardens by a son of Zeus, and hearing that 
Perseus was such, he denied him the common rites of hospitality. In 
return for his neglect, Perseus, by the head of Medusa, changed him into 
Mount Atlas, reaching to the clouds, and which must support the vault of 
the heavens. Hence the allegorical representation of Atlas with the celes- 
tial globe on his neck (pl. 30, jig. 24). 
The winged horse Pegasus was afterwards transferred to Olympos, and 
carried Zeus’s thunder and lightnings. He also became associated with 
other myths, particularly with that of the Muses, and became thereby the 
steed of the poets; hence the expression in regard to poetical efforts, “to 
mount Pegasus.” 
Returned to Seriphos, Perseus liberated his mother from the persecutions 
of Polydectes, by changing him into stone with the head of Medusa. He 
then gave the helmet, bag, and the winged sandals to Hermes, and the 
head of Medusa to Athene, who decorated her egis with it. After 
numerous other exploits he was placed by Zeus among the constellations. 
3. Bretteropnon was the son of Glaucos, King of Corinth, and originally 
bore the name of Hipponoos, but having murdered his relation Bedleros, he 
was compelled to flee from the city, and his name was changed to Bellero- 
phon (murderer of Belleros). Lycia, the country to which he escaped, 
was infested by the Chimera (pl. 30, jig. 26), a monster with the heads of 
a lion and of a goat, a lion’s body, and a tail which terminated in a snake. 
It devoured the flocks, vomited forth fire, and burnt the forests aud dwell- 
ings all over the country. At the command of Jobates, King of Lycia, 
Bellerophon undertook a combat with this monster. Pallas Athene pro- 
cured him the winged horse Pegasus, and having obtained this precious 
assistance, he took leave of Jobates and began his expedition (pl. 30, jig. 
25). The Chimera sent forth its fiery breath against him, but in vain. 
He shot arrows at it from a distance, and when these proved unavailing he 
hurled huge masses of lead down the throat of the monster, which finally 
yielded to his superior prowess. 
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