Mythical Monsters
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| This hideous monster is half man, half bull, offspring of a sacred bull and Pasiphae. It was kept shut in a labyrinth. Every year a group of volunteers from Athens were fed to this monster. Theseus, as a volunteer in the group, killed the monster. | Minotaur
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| A nine-headed snake, offspring of Typhon and Echidna, who terrorized Lake Lerna in the Peloponnesus. One of its heads was immortal. Hercules cut off the 8 mortal heads and buried the immortal one. | Hydra
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| Winged monsters with faces of women, bodies of vultures, and feet and fingers armed with claws. There were three of them and the daughters of the sea-monster Thaumas and the Ocenid Electra. Their name means "snatchers." | Harpies
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| The children of Phorcys and Ceto, two of them were immortal, while the third, was mortal. All three of them had serpents for hair. All who look upon them were turned to stone. They were a favorite theme in Greek art. | Gorgons
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| A three-headed monster who lived with his giant herdsman Eurytion, his herd of cattle, and a two-headed dog on "Red Island" that lay in the West toward the sunset. | Geryon and Orthus
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| A pictorial family tree. Echidna, daughter of Chrysaor and Callirhoe, was half nymph and half snake. She mated with Typhon and bore Orthus, Cerberus, and the Hydra of Lerna, and Chimaera. Echidna and Orthus produced the Nemean Lion and the Theban Sphinx. | Familia
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| His name was Ladon, the offspring of Phorcys and Ceto, the sea monsters. He helped the Hesperides to guard the golden apples on an enchanted tree that grew far away in the West. Hercules either slew him or put him to sleep to steal the golden apples. | Dragon of the Hesperides
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| A creature part goat, part lion, and part dragon or serpent the offspring of Typhon and Echinda. It was said to vomit fire continually. It was destroyed by the hero Bellerophon. | Chimaera
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| Originally a women who robbed travelers, she was turned by Jupiter into a dangerous whirlpool on one side of the straits of Messina between Haly and Sicily. Several times a day she sucked under everything on the surface. Opposite her was Scylla. | Charybdis
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| Three-headed dog, offspring of Typhon and Echidna. He guarded the door to the infernal regions, preventing the living from entering and the dead from escaping. One of Hercules' labors was to capture and bring this creature to the world of the living. | Cerberys
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| Creatures with human heads and torsos merging into the bodies of horses. They were mischievous, but also wise and socialable, enjoying the company of humans. Chiron was the first of these creatures. He was orignally a Titon who fought against Zeus. | Centaurs
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| The giant son of Earth and Tartatus, he had very strong arms and hands, feet that never tired, and shoulders from which grew serpents and a dragon. From his hundred heads sparks flew and he made blood curdling sounds, sometimes bellowing or whistling. | Typhon
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| Son of Neptune and Amphitrite, half man and half fish. He was unstable, prone to jealousy and dangerous when provoked. He is often depicted as Neptune's trumpeter blowing on a conch shell. He is often said to have had the gift of prophecy. | Triton
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| A giant survivor of the race of Bronze, specially constructed by Vulcan to protect the island of Crete. Three times a day he partolled the island, burning trespassers to death. He died when Jason and the Argonauts because they removed the pin in his heel. | Talus
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| Monstrous child of Orthus and Echidna, with a lion's body, wings, and the head and torso of a woman. She stationed herself new Thebes and put a riddle to all passersby, devouring them if they failed to solve it. Oedipus solved this riddle. | Sphinx
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| Eerie creatures with the heads and torsos of women and the bodies of birds. Their sweet, enchated singing lured sailors to destruction on the rocks. Ulysses saved his crew by filling their ears with wax, but he wished to hear the song himself |
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| This hideous monster is half man, half bull, offspring of a sacred bull and Pasiphae. It was kept shut in a labyrinth. Every year a group of volunteers from Athens were fed to this monster. Theseus, as a volunteer in the group, killed the monster. | Minotaur
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| A nine-headed snake, offspring of Typhon and Echidna, who terrorized Lake Lerna in the Peloponnesus. One of its heads was immortal. Hercules cut off the 8 mortal heads and buried the immortal one. | Hydra
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| Winged monsters with faces of women, bodies of vultures, and feet and fingers armed with claws. There were three of them and the daughters of the sea-monster Thaumas and the Ocenid Electra. Their name means "snatchers." | Harpies
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| The children of Phorcys and Ceto, two of them were immortal, while the third, was mortal. All three of them had serpents for hair. All who look upon them were turned to stone. They were a favorite theme in Greek art. | Gorgons
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| A three-headed monster who lived with his giant herdsman Eurytion, his herd of cattle, and a two-headed dog on "Red Island" that lay in the West toward the sunset. | Geryon and Orthus
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| A pictorial family tree. Echidna, daughter of Chrysaor and Callirhoe, was half nymph and half snake. She mated with Typhon and bore Orthus, Cerberus, and the Hydra of Lerna, and Chimaera. Echidna and Orthus produced the Nemean Lion and the Theban Sphinx. | Familia
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| His name was Ladon, the offspring of Phorcys and Ceto, the sea monsters. He helped the Hesperides to guard the golden apples on an enchanted tree that grew far away in the West. Hercules either slew him or put him to sleep to steal the golden apples. | Dragon of the Hesperides
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| A creature part goat, part lion, and part dragon or serpent the offspring of Typhon and Echinda. It was said to vomit fire continually. It was destroyed by the hero Bellerophon. | Chimaera
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| Originally a women who robbed travelers, she was turned by Jupiter into a dangerous whirlpool on one side of the straits of Messina between Haly and Sicily. Several times a day she sucked under everything on the surface. Opposite her was Scylla. | Charybdis
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| Three-headed dog, offspring of Typhon and Echidna. He guarded the door to the infernal regions, preventing the living from entering and the dead from escaping. One of Hercules' labors was to capture and bring this creature to the world of the living. | Cerberys
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| Creatures with human heads and torsos merging into the bodies of horses. They were mischievous, but also wise and socialable, enjoying the company of humans. Chiron was the first of these creatures. He was orignally a Titon who fought against Zeus. | Centaurs
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| The giant son of Earth and Tartatus, he had very strong arms and hands, feet that never tired, and shoulders from which grew serpents and a dragon. From his hundred heads sparks flew and he made blood curdling sounds, sometimes bellowing or whistling. | Typhon
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| Son of Neptune and Amphitrite, half man and half fish. He was unstable, prone to jealousy and dangerous when provoked. He is often depicted as Neptune's trumpeter blowing on a conch shell. He is often said to have had the gift of prophecy. | Triton
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| A giant survivor of the race of Bronze, specially constructed by Vulcan to protect the island of Crete. Three times a day he partolled the island, burning trespassers to death. He died when Jason and the Argonauts because they removed the pin in his heel. | Talus
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| Monstrous child of Orthus and Echidna, with a lion's body, wings, and the head and torso of a woman. She stationed herself new Thebes and put a riddle to all passersby, devouring them if they failed to solve it. Oedipus solved this riddle. | Sphinx
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| Eerie creatures with the heads and torsos of women and the bodies of birds. Their sweet, enchated singing lured sailors to destruction on the rocks. Ulysses saved his crew by filling their ears with wax. | Sirens
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| Originally a lovely maiden, of whom the witch Circe was jealous. Circe changed her below the waist into a monster covered with dogs' heads always barking. She ended up taking residence in a cave from which she picked off and devoured passing sailors. | Scylla
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| A one-eyed giant, son of Poseidon, and one of the Cyclopes who lived in Sicily. Ulysses was the one to save his crew from the monster by stabbing his eye and escaping by holding on to the bellies of his sheep while they left the cave to graze. | Polyphemus
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| When Perseus cut off Medusa's head, her blood sank into the earth and from it produced a winged horse. Minerva caught and tamed him and presented him to the Muses. The fountain Hippocrene was oppened by a kick of the horse's hoof. | Pegasus
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