Pegasus another was at Troezen. Hesiod relates how Pegasus was peacefully drinking from a spring when the hero Bellerophon captured him. Hesiod also says Pegasus carried thunderbolts for Zeus. There are several versions of the birth of the winged stallion and his brother Chrysaor in the far distant place at the edge of Earth, Hesiod's "springs of Oceanus, which encircles the inhabited earth, where Perseus found Medusa: One is that they sprang from the blood issuing from Medusa's neck as Perseus was beheading her, similar to the manner in which Athena was born from the head of Zeus. In another version,
Perseus (1799 ship) when she was three to four leagues from Scilly she struck a sunken rock. On 22 February she started unloading to facilitate repairs. The damages required "Perseus" to undergo a "large repair". In 1830 Jackson was still master of "Perseus", but ownership had changed to Gillespie. In 1835 "Perseus"s master was G. Bruce, her owner was Holderness, she was registered at Hull, and she was sailing between Hull and Liverpool. In 1840, "Perseus"s master was Rowan, and she was sailing between London and "Mermc". This entry continues essentially unchanged through 1844. "Perseus" is no longer listed in 1845. Notes Citations