Thus Pegasus can literally mean Fountain Horse. PEGASUS IN POINT FORM. Son of the Gorgon Medusa and the sea god Poseidon. Sprang fully formed from the severed neck of Medusa when Perseus slew her. Brother of the giant (or winged horse), Chrysoar and of the colt, Celeris (or according to some, his father)
âº literature The turning point in a work of literature is the moment or section when the action begins to move toward the climax (= the most important or exciting part). (Definition of âturning pointâ from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press)
CLIMAX, LITERARY (From Greek word for ladder): The moment in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the crisis reaches its point of greatest intensity and is thereafter resolved. It is also the peak of emotional response from a reader or spectator and usually the turning point in the action.