Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 177
from a spring, then leaps on to its back,and makes it swear by its brother to serve him^. He too can be paralleled byBellerophontes, who captures Pegasos while drinking at the spring Peirene^ ;and Pegasos, we remember, has Chrysaor for brother^. Lastly, the folk-talehero, who as a new-born babe is… … Fig. 885. with the infant Perseus. And, when the said folk-tale hero vanquishes theTzitzinaina that turns men into stone^, we can but compare Perseus decapitatingMedousa and returning in triumph with her petrifying head. The fact is, thesemodern European folk-tales are—as E. S. Hartland expresses…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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