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In Greek mythology, Chrysáor (Greek: Χρυσάωρ, English translation: "He who has a golden armament"), the brother of Pegasus, was often depicted as a young man, the son of Poseidon and Medusa. Chrysaor and his brother, the winged horse Pegasus, were not born until Perseus chopped off Medusa's head. Medusa one of the Gorgen sisters , the most beautiful, and the only mortal one,descrated Athena by lying there with Poseidon. They were born from the drops of her blood which fell in the sea; some say that they sprang from Medusa's neck as Perseus beheaded her, a "higher" birth, like the birth of Athena from the head of Zeus. Chrysaor is said to have been king of Iberia (Spain and Portugal). Chrysaor had one son, Geryon, from Callirhoe, daughter of Oceanus. The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see Weapon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Pegasus (disambiguation). ... Neptune reigns in the city of Bristol. ... A relatively modern image of Medusa painted by Arnold Böcklin In Greek mythology, Medusa (Μεδουσα Queen), was a monstrous female character whose gaze could turn people to stone. ... For other uses, see Pegasus (disambiguation). ... For the constellation, see Perseus (constellation); for the Macedonian king, see Perseus of Macedon Perseus with the Head of Medusa Perseus was the son of Danae, the only child of Acrisius king of Argos. ... For the constellation, see Perseus (constellation); for the Macedonian king, see Perseus of Macedon Perseus with the Head of Medusa Perseus was the son of Danae, the only child of Acrisius king of Argos. ... For other uses, see Athena (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. ... Heracles fighting Geryon, amphora by the E Group, ca. ... In Greek mythology, three women were named Callirhoe or Callirrhoe: A daughter of Oceanus and mother of Echidna, one of the Oceanids. ... Oceanus, with his wife, Tethys, ruled the seas before Poseidon. ...

In Greek mythology, three women were named Callirhoe or Callirrhoe: A daughter of Oceanus and mother of Echidna, one of the Oceanids. ... Oceanus, with his wife, Tethys, ruled the seas before Poseidon. ... Heracles fighting Geryon, amphora by the E Group, ca. ... Alcides redirects here. ... Tiryns (in ancient Greek Î¤Î¯ÏÏ…Î½Ï‚ and in modern Î¤Î¯ÏÏ…Î½Î¸Î±) is a Mycenaean archaeological site in the Greek nomos of Argolis in the Peloponnese peninsula, some kilometres north of Nauplion. ... Oceanus or Okeanos refers to the ocean, which the Greeks and Romans regarded as a river circling the world. ... Orthos can mean either: The Morning Prayer in Greek Christianity, see Lauds. ... In Greek mythology, Eurytion referred to three different people. ... Roman bronze bust, the so-called Pseudo-Seneca, now identified by some as possibly Hesiod Hesiod (Hesiodos, ) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. Hesiod and Homer, with whom Hesiod is often paired, have been considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived...