Monsters Flashcards

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Calydonian Boar

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was sent by Artemis to destroy the region of Calydon after the king of the region forgot to make a sacrifice to her. was killed by Meleager

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Campe

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a chtonic female dragon, was responsible for keeping the Hekatonkheires and the cyclopes in Tartarus. she had the head and umper body of a woman, the lower body of a dragon and a scorpion tail. she also had snakes coiled around her ankles and the heads of various beasts around her waist

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Cetus

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signified a large sea monster, fish or whale.

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Charybdis

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a sea monster that dwelt in the strait of messina. swallowed large amounts of water and then belched them out creating whirlpools

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Crommyonian Sow

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a huge pig that supposedly gave birth to the Calydonian Boar. destroyed lands around Commyon until it was killed by Theseus

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Geryon

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a giant (not to be confused with the gigantes). a monster with three heads and three/one bodies. he had a dog with two heads, Orthrus, who was the brother of Cerberus. was killed by Heracles

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Harpies

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they had the body of a bird and a human face.

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Khalkotauroi

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two fearsome bulls who breathed fire created by the god hephaestus

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Ladon

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a dragon, the guardian of the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides.

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Lamia

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a beautiful that Zeus fell in love with. was cursed by Hera because of this. Every time she ha a child it was killed by Hera. she was driven mad by this and started stealing children from other mothers and eating them, causing her to become disfigured in her face.

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Lernaean Hydra

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a monster with many heads, every time someone cut one off two more would grow back. was killed by Heracles and turned into the hydra constellation

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Mare of Diomedes

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four horses that ate humans

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minotaur

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had the body of a man and the head of a bull. resided in the labyrinth

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Nemean Lion

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had fur that was impenetrable by the weapons of humans.

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Orthrus

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a dog with two heads and the brother of cerberus

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Scylla

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a monster that lived on the other side of a water channel from Charybdis.

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Sphinx

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had the head of a human and the body of a lion. also had wings of an eagle and the tail of a serpent. asked riddles to travelers and if the answered they could pass if not she ate them

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Stymphalian Birds

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monstrous birds that ate humans and had beaks made of bronze. their feathers were sharp and could be thrown against their prey and the also had poisonous dung.