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PEGASIS

Greek Name

Πηγασις

Transliteration

Pêgasis

Latin Spelling

Pegasis

Translation

Of the Spring (pêgê)

PEGASIS was a Naiad-nymph of a spring of the River Grenikos (Granicus) in the Troad (north-western Anatolia). She was the mother of Atymnios (Atymnius), a minor ally of the Trojans in their war with the Greeks.

PARENTS

GRENIKOS (Quintus Smyrnaeus 3.300)

OFFSPRING

ATYMNIOS (by Emathion) (Quintus Smyrnaeus 3.300)

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 3. 300 ff (trans. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.) :
"Atymnios [an ally of Troy], the goodly son whom Pegasis the bright-haired Nymphe had borne to strong Emathion by Granikos' (Granicus') stream."

SOURCES

GREEK

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