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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Arion

A Greek musician, cast into the sea by mariners, but carried to Tænaros on the back of a dolphin.

Arion.
The wonderful horse which Hercules gave to Adrastos. It sprang from Ceres and Neptune, had the power of speech, and its feet on the right side were the feet of a man. (See Horse.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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