Geryon

/ ˈɡɛrɪən /

noun

1. Greek myth a winged monster with three bodies joined at the waist, killed by Hercules, who stole the monster's cattle as his tenth labour

Example Sentences

To this spot Hercules was sent to take possession of the oxen of Geryon—a monster with three bodies.

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To this land came Hercules,324 driving before him the oxen of Geryon, whom he had slain.

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He first speaks of Geryon, who was supposed to have had three heads, and was thence styled τρικεφαλος.

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Fraud is typified by Geryon, having the face of an honest man and the body of a dragon.

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Hope for the best; some little Cerberus or Geryon shall call you father, and Heracles have employment again.

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