Pegasus and-bellerophontes (2)

Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in English
(University of Rizal System)
reporting in EL 111- Mythology and Folklore
Submitted to: Dr. Stephen P. Soliguen

Story credits to : https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/myth-pegasus-bellerophontes/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pegasus-Greek-mythology

1. 𝕻𝖊𝖌𝖆𝖘𝖚𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖘 Labarda , Abbygale M. Pescador, Marjorie Tenio, Dixie BSE MAJOR IN ENGLISH (University of Rizal System) REPORTING IN EL 111- MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE Dr. Stephen P. Soliguen

2. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒚𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝑴𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒚, 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐.

3. 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈, 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍.

4. 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔? 𝑃𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑠  𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝐴𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓. 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠  𝑜𝑟  𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛  𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛, 𝑎 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝐴𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐺𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡ℎ, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑖𝑑𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑎. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚.

5. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔

6. Bellerophon was the son of Poseidon and Eurynome, wife of Glaucus. He was raised by Glaucus who thought Bellerophon was his own son. Considering that both Poseidon and Glaucus were interested in horses, it is not surprising that Bellerophon quested after Pegasus. After many failures, he asked the seer Polyeidus for help.

7. Following Polyeidus' instructions, he spent the night in a temple of Athena. There, he had a dream that the goddess offered him a magical, golden bridle. He awoke and found the bridle he dreamt about in his hands. He sensibly made a sacrifice to both Athena and Poseidon. Afterwards, he went to the meadow Pegasus was grazing at, and was able to bridle and tame the horse without difficulty. Triumphant in his success, he went to King Pittheus and received permission to marry his daughter Aethra. However, before the marriage, he accidentally killed a man, possibly one of his brothers, and was banished.

8. He went to King Proetus to be excused for his crime. The king pardoned him, but during his stay at Proetus's house, the King's wife, Stheneboea, attempted to seduce him. As an honorable man Bellerophon rejected her advances. This infuriated Stheneboea who then falsely accused him of attempting to seduce her.

9. Greatly upset, Proetus wanted to be rid of Bellerophon without having to accuse him publicly. He was also concerned about harming a house guest, as this was an offence to the gods. So, he sent Bellerophon to deliver a sealed message to his wife's father, King Iobates.

10. Arriving on Pegasus, Bellerophon was warmly received and settled in as Iobates' house guest. Iobates unsealed and read the message thus learning of Stheneboea's accusations against Bellerophon. This left Iobates in the same predicament of acting against a guest that had troubled Proetus.

11. Lobates solution was to ask Bellerophon to undertake a series of heroic, but deadly tasks. However, Bellerophon's courage and skill as an archer, combined with Pegasus' help, allowed him to prevail. In addition, his parentage, his sacrifices, and his acts of honour gave him the favour of the gods. His first task was to kill the terrible Chimaera. Succeeding, he was sent to conquer the neighbouring Solymi tribe, which was Iobates' traditional enemy. When he defeated them, the King sent him to fight the Amazons. He was again victorious. In desperation, Iobates led an ambush against Bellerophon using his entire army; the army was killed to the last man.

12. At this point, Iobates had the wisdom to notice that something was very wrong. He realized that the gods favoured Bellerophon and that this favor would not have been given to a dishonorable house guest. Iobates succeed in making amends by giving Bellerophon half his kingdom, including the best farmlands and his daughter Philonoe in marriage.

13. There are two stories concerning the fate of Stheneboea. One says that Bellerophon extracted revenge by taking her for a ride on Pegasus, then shoving her off to fall to her death. In the other version, Stheneboea hears that Bellerophon has married her sister. She knows that this means her slander would be revealed and chose to kill herself.

14. It appeared that Bellerophon would live happily ever after. His glorious deeds were widely sung. He was happily married. Philonoe bore him two sons, Isander and Hippolochus, and two daughters, Laodameia and Deidameia. As a king his subjects loved and honored him.

15. However, this was not enough for Bellerophon. In his arrogance, he decided that he could ride Pegasus to Mount Olympus and visit the gods. Zeus quickly put an end to his trip by sending the gadfly to sting Pegasus and dismount Bellerophon. He survived his fall, but was crippled. He spent the rest of his life wandering the earth. No man would help him because of his offense to the gods. He died alone with no one to record his fate.

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