Kinard Mythology Anthology Volume III

by Kinard Middle School

The prince Abass of Greece was returning to his kingdom after a long journey.  The people in his kingdom were anxious to see him because he had just won a battle against Sparta and he wanted to celebrate the victory. On his way home,  he was caught in a storm that blew him off course. Since he had no knowledge of where he was, he was forced to venture off to a stranded island with his crew.  This small, strange, and uninhabited island belonged to Pegasus, the god of horses. In general, sailors tried to evade this island because of a legend that said all humans that went on this island would be turned into a horse.

  It was known that Pegasus didn’t want any human on his island. Fortunately, prince Abass was followed by another ship, so the crew went to prince Amphios, Abass's brother, to warn him that Abass crashed on the island. Once Abass and his crew crashed on the island, Pegasus locked Abass away in his stronghold to be turned into a horse later that day.

  Amphios had heard of this island and he was convinced his brother was already transformed into a horse. Amphios decided he had to find a way to save his brother. Amphios knew all the horses of the island would turn back to humans if Pegasis was killed. So Amphios decided he needed to go save them. He had an idea to fill the ship with horses and let them go on the island so that he could hide between the horses where Pegasis wouldn’t see him. He started to execute his plan, and arrived on the island hiding between the horses. When Pegasis came, he was surrounded by the horses. Then Anthios stabbed a poison covered sword through his stomach, the poison killing him instantly. As soon as he died, all the horses on the island turned back into humans.

  After Anthios killed Pegasis, he was reunited with his brother, and they sailed back to their kingdom.