He who once sought brilliance lay cast away, entombed, overlooking majestic Xanthus valley. So remains Bellerophone till this very day.

Throughout Lycia a mysterious whirling triskelis persistently raced Pegasos, even pursuing the horse upon coins. He thus seldom travelled alone. [see Triskelis site]

Leisuring forth he would surely encounter one of the World’s Seven Wonders, the stately Mausoleum overlooking Halikarnassos, home of Herodotus. Here Mausollos erected an awesome sanctum-tomb, his own. Caria’s Persian Satrap and his spouse Artemisia ordered life-size statues representing lions, horses and other wise beasts Greek artists chose: Pythis, Scopas, Leochares, Bryaxis, and Timotheus or Praxiteles. Arose a quadriga cresting the edifice. *9 The colourful monument soared (wrote Pliny) one hundred and forty feet, hosting fierce battles in stone. Friezes wound chariot races to enchant the eye and many marvels posed lifelike in Pentelic or Parian marbles.
Revered throughout Caria, coinage such as that of nearby Myndos is found countermarked with the horse’s effigy. Harboured in the Bodrum peninsula, Myndos was ancient Caria’s dynamic port where silver mines have been recently discovered.*13 Most Carian cities portrayed Pegasos.

At will the steed no doubt repaired after through Lycia’s eastern parts following its streams and deep gorges till reaching mysterious Olympos seeking the blue sea. It descends a rainbow valley of wild grapevines (not to confuse with Mount Olympos in today’s Greece). Probably with a concern to know, Pegasos likely sought what remained of the Chimaera. Near a town possessing this name, the horse discerned little aglow within its rocky pyre save the beast’s spirit breathing feebly a wispy fire. As these words are written yet bestirs the rekindling flame.*15

With a hum in his wings he possibly reached Skepsis in Troas and Mysia’s Lampsakos established by Lydia (later an Achaemanian possession), a producer of cherished wines conveyed to Persia’s kings.
Once fleeing these appealing regions, Xenophon (428-354 B.C.), as an adventive warrior and fugitive-hero, chronicled a historical coup “The Great Escape”, The Anabasis of Cyrus with which Pegasos was probably familiar. Through the author’s declarations queue numerous currency and weight standards particular to the times, such as: the mina, siglos, daric, kyzikene and the talent. Lampsakos’ distinctive coining fashioned the forepart of gallant Pegasos from the sixth century B.C. onwards. Advancing west the horse may have noted Mysia’s officialdom actuated elaborate coinage to cultivate his mother’s death-at-gaze. Obverses affiliated her with the Aegis. Thus betokened Medusa was even Parium’s claimed emblem. The place had been named after Paris, son of Troy’s affluent King Priam. Positioned along Hellespont’s slender passage, the area was esteemed for semi-transparent ivory marble. The Strait conformably maintained strategic roles during the Trojan War and future acharnements. Here Pegasos possibly abandoned the cerulean Marmara to face again the familiar Aegean.