S9E8 - Bellerophon and Pegasus pt 2 - It All Goes Wrong

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

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🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Oh Muses! A classic hero with a classic end. Today we finalize the tale of Bellerophon and Pegasus. We encounter weapons of war, hubris, tactical retreats, and the death of a hero. --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! Parents! The creators of THIS amazing podcast have written a New York Times bestselling tie-in book Greeking Out, featuring many tales you haven’t heard. It’s every bit as hilarious, harrowing, heartwarming, and Hellenistic as its namesake. Buy it here: https://bit.ly/greekoutbook

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0:00.0	The stories of classic Greek myths.
0:04.4	This week's story features weapons of war, hubris, tactical retreats,
0:08.8	and the death of a hero.
0:11.2	Breaking out the greatest stories in history. Hero. Listen and you'll see it's Grecing out.
0:27.7	Welcome back to Grecing out everybody.
0:30.0	We have the second part of a two-parter going on now.
0:33.2	We're telling the story of Balarophon and the flying horse Pegasus.
0:37.9	So to recap, Balarophon has gotten himself into a jam. He- Balarifun has gotten himself into a jam.
0:43.0	He...
0:44.0	Balarifun was not made into a fruit spread.
0:48.0	He was in such a pickle that...
0:50.0	Nor was he preserved in vinegar or brine with vegetables.
0:54.8	Okay, all right, you know what? He was in trouble. How about that? Is that better?
0:58.6	Yes. Thank you. Okay, good. All right, now quick recap.
1:06.0	Pegasus threw a guy from a horse accidentally killing the guy, Balarophon witnesses it,
1:08.0	and now everybody's mad at Balarophon somehow
1:10.0	and not his murderous demi-god horse brother,
1:12.0	but anyway.
1:13.0	King Iobodies had told Balarophon that if he did three heroic deeds,
1:18.0	then the slate would be wiped clean.
1:21.0	He would be forgiven.
1:22.0	So the young hero was eager to take on these tasks, not only
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