E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Arion.
A Greek musician, cast into the sea by mariners, but carried to Tænaros on the back of a dolphin.
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Arion. The wonderful horse which Herculs gave to Adrastos. It sprang from Cers and Neptune, had the power of speech, and its feet on the right side were the feet of a man. (See HORSE.)