It is ancient Corinth. Young Ios and his father are off to buy the boy his first horse. Along the way they meet a beggar who tells them the story of a magical flying horse.
That horse, winged Pegasus, belonged to the goddess Athena. No mortal man had ever ridden him. But one man–the beggar said-desired to ride Pegasus more than anything else in the world. He was Bellerophon, a handsome young Corinthian who felt he was equal to any god.
With the story of Bellerophon’s ride goes the warning: “To fly too high is to fall too far.” And who knows this better than the beggar himself?
- ISBN: 9780525652441
- Author: Yolen, Jane
- Illustrator: Ming, Li
- Published: 1998 , Dutton Juvenile
- Themes: goddesses, gods, Heroes
- Descriptors: Europe, Greece, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Myths and Legends, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 40