from Pegasus, the Horse Who Could Fly Pegasus was a slender limbed, wonderful horse with wings on his shoulders, and no one had ever seen such a marvellous creature before. Bellerophon was a young hero at that time who made a journey to the court of King Lobates of Lycia. He brought two sealed messages in a letter of introduction from the husband of this king's daughter, who was one of Bellerophon's own countrymen. The first message read: "The bearer, Bellerophon, is an unconquerable hero. I pray you welcome him with all hospitality." The second was this:, "I would advise you to capture Bellerophon." The son-in-law of King Lobates was jealous of Bellerophon and desired to have him put out of the way in order to satisfy his own ambitions. The King of Lycia was a friendly person at heart, and he was very much puzzled regarding how to act upon the advice in the letter introducing Bellerophon. He was still confused over the matter when a dreadful monster, known as the Chimaera, descended upon the kingdom. It had a goat's rough body and the tail of a dragon. The head was that of a lion with wide spreading nostrils that breathed flames. As the subjects of King Lobates appealed to him for protection from the Chimaera, he decided to send the heroic stranger, Bellerophon, to conquer the beast. The hero had expected a period of rest at the court of Lycia, but the day after Bellerophon arrived at the palace of King Lobates, he was sent out to hunt down and kill the Chimaera. He did not have the slightest idea where he was to go, but he decided that it would be a good plan to spend the night in the temple of Minerva, who was the goddess of wisdom who might give him help in his hopeless adventure. So Bellerophon journeyed to Minerva, and tarried for a night in her temple there. But when he awoke in the morning, he found a golden bridle in his hands, and he heard a voice directing him to hasten with it to a well outside of the city. Meanwhile, Pegasus, the winged horse, had been past