Creatures of Greek mythology. Greek mythology consists of an extensive collection of narratives detailing the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, which were first envisioned and disseminated in an oral-poetic tradition. ...

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• Argus
• Athos
• Calydonian Boar
• Centaur
• Cerberus
• Charon
• Charybdis (Kharybdis)
• Chimera
• Chiron (a centaur)
• Chrysaor
• Clytias (Klytias)
• Cyclopes (Kyklopês)
• Dryad
• Echidna
• Empusa
• Enceladus (Enkelados)
• Erymanthian Boar
• Geryon
• Gorgons
  • Euryale
  • Medusa
  • Stheno
• Gigantes
• Harpies
• Hippocampus
• Hydra
• Ladon
• Lamia
• Medusa
• Minotaur
• Nemean Lion
• Nereid
• Naiad
• Nymph
• Orthrus
• Pegasus (Pegasos)
• Phoenix (Phoinix)
• Polyphemus (Poluphemos)
• Satyr
• Scylla (Skylla)
• Silenus
• Siren
• Sphinx
• Stymphalian Birds
• Talos
• Teumessian fox
• Triton

Hera/Juno, offered the head of Argus by Hermes, places his eyes in the peacocks tail, in a decoration by Jacopo Amigoni (ca 1682 - 1752) There are five figures in Greek mythology named Argus: 1. ... In Greek mythology, Athos, one of the Gigantes, threw a mountain at Zeus, who knocked it to the ground near Macedonia. ... The Calydonian Hunt shown on a Roman frieze (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) The Calydonian Boar is one of the many monsters in Greek mythology, which met its end in the Calydonian Hunt, a popular subject in classical art. ... Guido Reni, Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 In Greek mythology, the centaurs (Greek: Κένταυροι) are a race part human and part horse, with a horses body, including all four legs, and a human head and torso with arms. ... Cerberus - Watercolor by William Blake In Greek mythology, Cerberus or Cerberos (Greek Κέρβερος, Kerberos, demon of the pit), was the hound of Hades—a monstrous three-headed dog (sometimes said to have 50 or 100 heads) with a snake for a tail and innumerable snake heads on his back. ... In Greek mythology, Charon (Greek Χάρων, fierce brightness) was the ferryman of Hades. ... In Greek mythology, Charybdis, or Kharybdis (sucker down, Greek Χάρυβδις), is a sea monster, daughter of Poseidon and Gaia (mythology), who swallows huge amounts of water three times a day and then spouts it back out again, forming an enormous whirlpool. ... Chimera from Arezzo. ... In Greek mythology, Chiron (hand) — sometimes spelled Cheiron or Kiron — was held as the superlative centaur over his brethren. ... Greek mythology In Greek mythology, Chrysaor (Greek Χρυσάωρ, golden falchion, from χρυσός, gold, and ἄορ, sword, falchion) was a giant, the son of Poseidon and Medusa. ... In Greek mythology, the Gigantes were giants who sprang forth from the blood of the wounded Uranus after he was castrated by Cronus. ... This page is about the mythical creatures. ... The Dryad by Evelyn De Morgan Dryads are tree spirits in Greek mythology. ... In the most ancient layers of Greek mythology Echidna (ekhis, meaning she viper) was called the Mother of All Monsters. Echidna was described by Hesiod (Theogony) as a female monster, who mothered with Typhon every major monster in the entire Greek mythos. ... In ancient Greek mythology, the Empusa (or Empousa) was a female supernatural monster or demoness. ... Statue of the gigantes at Palace of Versailles In Greek mythology, Enceladus was one of the Gigantes, who was defeated in battle by Zeuss thunderbolts and buried under Mount Etna by Athena. ... Hercules Carrying the Boar by Giambologna In Greek mythology, the Erymanthian Boar is remembered in connection with The Twelve Labours, in which Heracles, the (reconciled) enemy of Hera, visited in turn all the other sites of the Goddess throughout the world, to conquer every conceivable monster of nature and rededicate... In Greek mythology, Geryon (Geryones,Geyron), son of Chrysaor and Callirhoe, was a winged titan and the king of Erytheia island, now Spain province of Cadiz, in the far west of the Mediterranean. ... In Greek mythology, the Gorgons (terrible or, according to some, loud-roaring) were vicious female monsters with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. ... Euryale (far-roaming), in Greek mythology, was one of the immortal Gorgons, vicious female monsters with brass hands, sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. ... A relatively modern image of Medusa painted by Arnold Böcklin In Greek mythology, Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα), was a monstrous female character whose gaze could turn people to stone. ... Stheno (forceful), in Greek mythology, was one of the immortal Gorgons, vicious female monsters with brass hands, sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. ... In Greek mythology, the Gigantes were a race of giants. ... In Greek mythology, Harpies (robbers) were first beautiful winged women: Hesiod (Theogony) calls them as two lovely-haired creatures. ... The location of the hippocampus in the human brain. ... The 16th-century German illustrator has been influenced by the Beast of Revelation in his depiction of the Hydra. ... Ladon is the hundred-headed dragon that guarded the garden of the Hesperides in Greek mythology. ... There are several different meanings of Lamia. ... 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. ... In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature that was part man and part bull. ... The Nemean Lion was a vicious monster in Greek mythology that lived in Nemea. ... In Greek mythology, the Nereids (NEER-ee-eds) are sea nymphs, the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris. ... Naiad by John William Waterhouse, 1893 In Greek mythology, the Naiads (from the Greek νάειν, to flow, and νἃμα, running water) were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks, as river gods embodied rivers, and some very ancient spirits inhabited the still waters of... Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of female nature entities, sometimes bound to a particular location or landform. ... In Greek mythology, Orthrus (also called Orthros, Orthos, Orthus, Orth and Orphus) was a two-headed dog and the brother of Cerberus. ... Pegasus on roof of PoznaÅ„ Opera House In Greek mythology, Pegasus (Pegasos) was a winged horse that was the foal of Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and the Gorgon Medusa. ... For similar myths bearing other names, see fire bird (mythology). ... Odysseus and his men blinding the cyclop Polyphemus (detail of a proto-attic amphora, c. ... In Greek mythology, Satyrs (Σάτυροι - Satyri) are mythological half-man and half-goat nature entities that roamed the woods and mountains, and were the companions of Pan and Dionysus. ... In Greek mythology, Scylla, or Skylla (Greek Σκύλλα) was a name shared by two characters, a female sea monster and a princess. ... In Greek mythology, sileni were a race of half-horse, half-humans, unlike the satyrs, who were half-goat. ... A Greek amphora depicting Odysseus encounter with the sirens. ... The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background. ... In Greek mythology, the Stymphalian Birds were birds with claws of brass and sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims, and also they were Ares pets. ... In Greek mythology, Talos (alt. ... In Greek mythology, the Teumessian fox (Greek: AlwpekoV TeumhsioV) was a gigantic fox that was destined never to be caught. ... In Greek mythology, Triton is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, the personification of the roaring waters, represented as having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish. ...

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