Page 29 - Storytime - Issue 32 (April 2017)
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Its flames and its reign of terror were Pegasus, however, flew to Mount
extinguished forever. The beast was Olympus, where he was welcomed by
dead and the people of Lycia were the gods and treated with the greatest
safe at last! respect and care. He was considered
to be the most important of all the
Triumphant, Bellerophon rode
magical creatures they owned.
Pegasus all the way back to Argos
to tell King Proetus the news. The ruler of the gods, Zeus, valued
Pegasus so highly that he gave the
The king forgave him, and declared
winged horse the job of carrying his
him the bravest adventurer he had
thunder and lightning for him. So if you
ever met. Bellerophon stayed at the
ever see a shimmering streak of white
court and took on even more heroic
on a stormy night, it might just be
quests, before eventually marrying the
Pegasus cantering across the sky.
king’s daughter. a horsefly to bite Pegasus, who reared
Bellerophon got big-
headed about his heroism and
decided he too should be a god, so
he flew Pegasus to Mount Olympus.
Zeus was so annoyed with him, he sent
up, sending Bellerophon falling
to the ground. The hero never
became a god.
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