Pegasus had a brother? Who knew! Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Chrysaor! The Frank Stallone of his time, Chrysaor sprung from Medusa’s neck after Perseus decapitated her, but for some reason is not a winged horse, but just some regular dude. While Pegasus achieved world wide fame including the Tri Star Pictures logo, and his own constellation, Chrysaor wallows in obscurity. He’s sure to top any hipster’s list of “underrated mythological characters”, based solely on the fact that they know about him and you don’t, so the next time you encounter a smug guy in a bar expounding on Chrysaor’s greatness, enjoy deflating them with a vicious “Oh sure, Chrysaor, married to Challirhoe, father of the three headed Geryon? I believe we can do a bit better than him, don’t you think?”
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1 gammer on Apr 28, 2008 at 12:19 pm
and thanks to Father Guido Sarducci…
Many people don’t realize that Jesus had a younger brother…Billy, Billy Christ. And when Jesus was ‘walking on water’ he was really standing on Billy’s head!
Obscurity is everywhere my friend
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2 RemmieBarrow on Apr 28, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Yeah, every one can relate to some sibling rivalry. Well, except those who the only child in the family.
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3 MikeP on Apr 28, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Conor, I’ll admit to preferring your spelling (sounds more Transformerish), but I believe it’s actually spelled “Chrysaor”.
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4 Kari_Ann on Apr 28, 2008 at 9:07 pm
I believe Chrysoar was a giant in some stories (though, judging from your picture he would have had to have quite a growth sprout.)
And I blame the fact that he was not a winged horse on Poseidon… being the god of so many random things… the sea, horses, earthquakes, etc…. How do those fit together?!
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Reply from Conor Lastowka on April 29, 2008:
My shame is deep, you are correct. I thought it sounded way too stupid to be real.
5 kati on May 8, 2008 at 4:31 pm
you guyz rock but you could use a llliiittttttllleeee bit more info!!!! dont mean to be so rude but i think you do need more infromation!!! cause i have to do an assignment on the horse pegasus and his bro. and im not getting wat i need!!
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6 kati on May 8, 2008 at 4:36 pm
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