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PEGASOS AITHIOPIKOS

Greek Name

Πηγασος Αιθιοπικος
Πηγασοι Αιθιοπικοι

Transliteration

Pêgasos Aithiopikos
Pêgasoi Aithiopikoi

Latin Spelling

Pegasus Aethiopicus
Pegasi Aethiopici

Translation

Ethiopian Pegasus Ethiopian Pegasi

Ethiopian Pegasus | Der Naturen Bloeme manuscript (1350) | National Library of the Netherlands
Ethiopian Pegasus, Der Naturen Bloeme manuscript (1350), National Library of the Netherlands

THE PEGASOS AITHIOPIKOS (Ethiopian Pegasus) was a breed of winged, horned horse native to Aithiopia (Ethiopia) in sub-Saharan Africa.

They were derived from Pegasos, the celebrated horse of Greek myth, who was himself said to have been born on the shores of the Red Sea near Aithiopia.

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Pliny the Elder, Natural History 8. 72 (trans. Rackham) (Roman encyclopedia C1st A.D.) :
"Aethiopia (Ethiopia) produces . . . many monstrosities--[including] winged horses armed with horns, called Pegasi."

SOURCES

ROMAN

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