Monsters Flashcards

1
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Cyclops

A

3

1 enormous eye round and big as a wheel

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2
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Hekatonkheires

A

3 monstrously huge and strong

100 arms and 50 heads

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3
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Centaurs

A

man-horse savage creatures

Chiron known for goodness and wisdom

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4
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Seleni

A

man-horse 2 legs

horses hoofs

horses ears and tails

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5
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Satyrs

A

goat-man

lived in wild places

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6
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Sirens

A

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

no description

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7
Q

Gorgons

A

earth-dwellers

3

2 are immortal

Dragon-like with wings

turned men into stone

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8
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Graiae

A

3 gray women

1 eye shared for all

sisters of Gorgons

lived on farther bank of Ocean

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9
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Furies

A

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

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10
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Argus

A

100 eyes

slept with some open to keep guard

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11
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Scylla

A

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

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12
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Minotaur

A

bull-human

trapped in a labyrinth

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13
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Sphinx

A

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

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14
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Chimaera

A

lion in front serpent in back goat in between

breathed fire

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15
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Harpies

A

flying with hooked beaks and claws

left behind stench sickening to creatures

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16
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Clashing Rocks

A

Symplgades rolled against one another while the sea boiled around them

17
Q

Scylla and Charbdis

A

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

18
Q

Hydra

A

Creature with 9 heads

lived in a swamp

1 immortal head

once a head was chopped off, two grew back

19
Q

Cerberus

A

3 headed dragon tailed dog who permits spirits to enter underworld

20
Q

3

1 enormous eye round and big as a wheel

21
Q

3 monstrously huge and strong

100 arms and 50 heads

A

Hekatonkheires

22
Q

man-horse savage creatures

Chiron known for goodness and wisdom

23
Q

man-horse 2 legs

horses hoofs

horses ears and tails

24
Q

goat-man

lived in wild places

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Lived in island in the sea voices lured sailors to their death no description
Sirens
26
earth-dwellers 3 2 are immortal Dragon-like with wings turned men into stone
Gorgons
27
3 gray women 1 eye shared for all sisters of Gorgons lived on farther bank of Ocean
Graiae
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
Furies
29
100 eyes slept with some open to keep guard
Argus
30
Sea monster tied to a rock that destroyed everything in her reach
Scylla
31
bull-human trapped in a labyrinth
Minotaur
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
Sphinx
33
lion in front serpent in back goat in between breathed fire
Chimaera
34
flying with hooked beaks and claws left behind stench sickening to creatures
Harpies
35
Symplgades rolled against one another while the sea boiled around them
Clashing Rocks
36
sea spouted and roared and furious waves mounting up touched the sky
Scylla and Charbdis
37
Creature with 9 heads lived in a swamp 1 immortal head once a head was chopped off, two grew back
Hydra
38
3 headed dragon tailed dog who permits spirits to enter underworld
Cerberus