Chrysaor
Chrysaor proper noun: a son of Poseidon and Medusa and brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, who sprang along with Pegasus from the blood of the decapitated Medusa.
Proper noun
Chrysaor
- A son of Poseidon and Medusa and brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, who sprang along with Pegasus from the blood of the decapitated Medusa.
- Pegasus alone issues from the neck of the winged and decapitated Medusa,ᵇ or Chrysaor and Pegasus at the same moment.ᶜ1855, Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Volume 36, Society of Antiquaries of London, page 59
- Medusa embraces a winged horse and a youth who have been identified as her sons, Pegasus and Chrysaor. This interpretation is problematic because it involves a temporal impossibility:⁷⁶ the inversion of time sequence. The myth, which is as early as Hesiod (Theogony, 270–82), states clearly that...2002, Nannó Marinatos, The Goddess and the Warrior, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 65
Forms of Chrysaor
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Origin of Chrysaor
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χρυσάωρ (Khrusáōr).
Questions about Chrysaor
- What does Chrysaor mean?
- Chrysaor means a son of Poseidon and Medusa and brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, who sprang along with Pegasus from the blood of the decapitated Medusa.
- What part of speech is Chrysaor?
- Chrysaor is a proper noun.
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