💦 Pegasus.

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This event took place when the blue planet Neptune — named after the God of the seas and oceans — was passing through the zodiac sign Capricorn…

Around Mount Helicon — whose name, ἑλίσσω (helissō), means “to turn,” “to twist,” or “to coil” — circled a winged horse named Pegasus…

As he looked upon the mountain, he reflected on how its name spoke so eloquently for itself, whispering of winding slopes and serpentine paths that spiraled upward, often causing non-local pilgrims to wander in circles. Pegasus saw the mountain as a spiral of time…

He imagined it as one of the vertebrae of the greatest dragon to have ever lived on Earth. He imagined a massive skeleton that, under the metamorphoses of time, had turned into high cliffs scattered across the world…

Gazing at the steep, spiraling climbs, the horse envisioned dinosaurs once ascending these slopes to find eternal rest… In every upward path, he saw the fossilized neck of a brontosaurus or the trunks of millennia-old giant trees…

This land was fertile — both the mountain and all of Boeotia. **

How much this mountain must remember… Helicon, Mountain of Apollo!!! It has seen the same things as the Eye of the Sun!!! It has much to share… ***

Pegasus landed on one of Helicon’s open spots, which offered beautiful views to his eyes. This area could have been a center for poets and artists who would gather on the mountain to share their creativity… The air was so fresh and pure, all that was missing was a spring flowing from the rock — one to quench thirst, cool the body, and, thanks to water’s reflective nature, transmit long-forgotten plots to artists…
Stories that have forever been frozen and preserved in stone. Stories worth writing down, painting, and preserving in songs or legends.

With the words:

— Water wears away stone!

Pegasus struck the rock with his hoof… Sparks flew: once, twice, three times — and the rock cracked, and a pure spring began to flow, which was named the Hippocrene Spring. ****

This spring had miraculous properties — and it became a beloved place for the Muses, who adored bathing in its waters.

The Muses — daughters of Zeus the thunderer and Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory.

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Since then, the spring became a sacred place, bringing great inspiration. Pegasus had no idea that here, a “divine hand” touches the Earth.
And the waters of Hippocrene whisper not only earthly legends, but starry ones as well. For mountains connect Heaven and Earth, their peaks touching the clouds. And each night, they listen to the stories of the stars…

But the waters of this spring flow not only on Helicon — they also flow within everyone who seeks beauty and harmony.
Perhaps within every brain there lives a Pegasus…
At the very least, the combination of horse and monster (as Pegasus’s mother was) in the word hippocampus brings hope…

Hippocampus (from Ancient Greek ἵππος — “horse” and κάμπος — “sea monster” or “curve”).
The name reflects the shape of a brain structure that resembles a seahorse.

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THE PLOT OF THIS POST IS ENTIRELY FICTIONAL AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO REALITY.
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