. "the winged horse of the Muses , who sprang from the blood of Medusa when she was slain , and with a blow of his hoof caused the fountain of the Muses ( Hippocrene ) to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon afterwards caught him at the fountain of Pirene , near Corinth , and , with the aid of his hoofs , destroyed the Chimœra. But when Bellerophon wished to fly on the back of Pegasus to heaven , the latter threw him off and ascended to the skies alone , where he was changed into a constellation" . "the winged horse of the Muses , who sprang from the blood of Medusa when she was slain , and with a blow of his hoof caused the fountain of the Muses ( Hippocrene ) to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon afterwards caught him at the fountain of Pirene , near Corinth , and , with the aid of his hoofs , destroyed the Chimœra. But when Bellerophon wished to fly on the back of Pegasus to heaven , the latter threw him off and ascended to the skies alone , where he was changed into a constellation" . .