Springs According to early myths, everywhere the winged horse struck his hoof to the earth, an inspiring water spring burst forth. One of these springs was upon the Muses' Mount Helicon, the Hippocrene ("horse spring").Pausanias, 9. 31. 3. Antoninus Liberalis has suggested,Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 9 that it was opened at the behest of Poseidon to prevent the mountain from swelling with rapture at the song of the Muses. Another spring associated with Pegasus was at Troezen.Pausanias, 2. 31. 9. Hesiod relates how Pegasus was peacefully drinking from a spring when the hero Bellerophon captured him.
Springs According to early myths, everywhere the winged horse struck his hoof to the earth, an inspiring water spring burst forth. One of these springs was upon the Muses' Mount Helicon, the Hippocrene ("horse spring").Pausanias, 9. 31. 3. Antoninus Liberalis has suggested,Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 9 that it was opened at the behest of Poseidon to prevent the mountain from swelling with rapture at the song of the Muses. Another spring associated with Pegasus was at Troezen.Pausanias, 2. 31. 9. Hesiod relates how Pegasus was peacefully drinking from a spring when the hero Bellerophon captured him.