Monsters

Question 1

Cyclops

Answer 1

3

1 enormous eye round and big as a wheel

Question 2

Hekatonkheires

Answer 2

3 monstrously huge and strong

100 arms and 50 heads

Question 3

Centaurs

Answer 3

man-horse savage creatures

Chiron known for goodness and wisdom

Question 4

Seleni

Answer 4

man-horse 2 legs

horses hoofs

horses ears and tails

Question 5

Satyrs

Answer 5

goat-man

lived in wild places

Question 6

Sirens

Answer 6

Lived in island in the sea voices lured sailors to their death

no description

Question 7

Gorgons

Answer 7

earth-dwellers

3

2 are immortal

Dragon-like with wings

turned men into stone

Question 8

Graiae

Answer 8

3 gray women

1 eye shared for all

sisters of Gorgons

lived on farther bank of Ocean

Question 9

Furies

Answer 9

Punish evildoers

Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto

writhing snakes for hair eyes

wept tears of blood

could not be banished from earth as long as there was sin

Question 10

Argus

Answer 10

100 eyes

slept with some open to keep guard

Question 11

Scylla

Answer 11

Sea monster tied to a rock that destroyed everything in her reach

Question 12

Minotaur

Answer 12

bull-human

trapped in a labyrinth

Question 13

Sphinx

Answer 13

winged lion with breast and face of woman

Gave riddles to wayfarers along roads to the city and allowed those with the right answers through

Question 14

Chimaera

Answer 14

lion in front serpent in back goat in between

breathed fire

Question 15

Harpies

Answer 15

flying with hooked beaks and claws

left behind stench sickening to creatures

Question 16

Clashing Rocks

Answer 16

Symplgades rolled against one another while the sea boiled around them

Question 17

Scylla and Charbdis

Answer 17

sea spouted and roared and furious waves mounting up touched the sky

Question 18

Hydra

Answer 18

Creature with 9 heads

lived in a swamp

1 immortal head

once a head was chopped off, two grew back

Question 19

Cerberus

Answer 19

3 headed dragon tailed dog who permits spirits to enter underworld

Question 20

3

1 enormous eye round and big as a wheel

Answer 20

Cyclops

Question 21

3 monstrously huge and strong

100 arms and 50 heads

Answer 21

Hekatonkheires

Question 22

man-horse savage creatures

Chiron known for goodness and wisdom

Answer 22

Centaurs

Question 23

man-horse 2 legs

horses hoofs

horses ears and tails

Answer 23

Seleni

Question 24

goat-man

lived in wild places

Answer 24

Satyrs

Question 25

Lived in island in the sea voices lured sailors to their death

no description

Answer 25

Sirens

Question 26

earth-dwellers

3

2 are immortal

Dragon-like with wings

turned men into stone

Answer 26

Gorgons

Question 27

3 gray women

1 eye shared for all

sisters of Gorgons

lived on farther bank of Ocean

Answer 27

Graiae

Question 28

Punish evildoers

Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto

writhing snakes for hair eyes

wept tears of blood

could not be banished from earth as long as there was sin

Answer 28

Furies

Question 29

100 eyes

slept with some open to keep guard

Answer 29

Argus

Question 30

Sea monster tied to a rock that destroyed everything in her reach

Answer 30

Scylla

Question 31

bull-human

trapped in a labyrinth

Answer 31

Minotaur

Question 32

winged lion with breast and face of woman

Gave riddles to wayfarers along roads to the city and allowed those with the right answers through

Answer 32

Sphinx

Question 33

lion in front serpent in back goat in between

breathed fire

Answer 33

Chimaera

Question 34

flying with hooked beaks and claws

left behind stench sickening to creatures

Answer 34

Harpies

Question 35

Symplgades rolled against one another while the sea boiled around them

Answer 35

Clashing Rocks

Question 36

sea spouted and roared and furious waves mounting up touched the sky

Answer 36

Scylla and Charbdis

Question 37

Creature with 9 heads

lived in a swamp

1 immortal head

once a head was chopped off, two grew back

Answer 37

Hydra

Question 38

3 headed dragon tailed dog who permits spirits to enter underworld

Answer 38

Cerberus