Ethiopian pegasus

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Ethiopian Pegasus, Der Naturen Bloeme manuscript (c. 1350), National Library of the Netherlands Ethiopian-pegasi.jpg
Ethiopian Pegasus, Der Naturen Bloeme manuscript (c. 1350), National Library of the Netherlands

An Ethiopian pegasus is an animal from medieval bestiaries. According to Pliny the Elder, [1] they were a breed of two-horned, winged horses from Ethiopia. They reportedly lived on an island in the Red Sea off the coast of Eritrea. [2]

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In antiquity and the Middle Ages, authors used "Aithiopia"/“Ethiopia” broadly, often meaning areas south of Egypt where people had darker skin then the Greeks. [3]

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  1. ↑ "Ethiopian Pegasi". Theoi Greek Mythology. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Ethiopian Pegasus". Archived from the original on January 25, 2022.
  3. ↑ "1. Early Greek Contact with Africa".


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