The Birth of the Pegasus

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There are several versions of the birth of Pegasus, the winged horse, and his brother Chrysaor in the far distant land at the edge of the Earth, where the springs of Oceanus flow, which surrounds the inhabited world, where Perseus discovered Medusa:One story tells that they sprang from the blood pouring out of Medusa's neck as Perseus was beheading her, similar to how Athena was born from Zeus' head. Another version claims that when Perseus beheaded Medusa, they were born of the Earth, nourished by the Gorgon's blood. A variation of this tale suggests that they were formed from the mixture of Medusa's blood, pain and sea foam, implying that Poseidon was involved in their creation. The final version bears resemblance to Hesiod's account of Aphrodite's birth from the foam created when Uranus' severed genitals were cast into the sea by Cronus. Alexander Bourganov, born in 1935, is a Russian sculptor and a member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts. He has recently completed several notable works, including a monument to Alexander Pushkin at George Washington University in Washington DC (2000); a statue of John Quincy Adams, the first U.S. Ambassador to Russia and later President of the United States, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (2008); and a statue of poet Walt Whitman on the campus of Moscow State University (2009). In 2001 his studio in Moscow was designated as a State Museum, known as Bourganov's House. His other works around Moscow feature a series of fountains and statues along Ukrainsky Boulevard, near the Hotel Ukraine.Bourganov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan and graduated from Moscow State Artistic and Industrial College (now Stroganov University). He received a PhD in art history. In March 2014 he signed a letter supporting President Vladimir Putin's stance on Russia's military intervention in Ukraine.