Typhoeus

British  

/ taɪˈfiːəs /

noun

1. Greek myth the son of Gaea and Tartarus who had a hundred dragon heads, which spurted fire, and a bellowing many-tongued voice. He created the whirlwinds and fought with Zeus before the god hurled him beneath Mount Etna

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Typhoean
  adjective

Example Sentences

Klimt painted it onto the walls in 1902 for the Secession’s 14th exhibition, depicting floating genies, a knight in shining armor, a giant Typhoeus monster of Greek myth and a choir of angels.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2015

As his subject, Palmer turned to Typhoeus typhoeus, commonly known as the minotaur beetle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Typhoeus, a hundred-headed giant, was slain by Zeus' thunderbolt, and buried under �tna.

From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Spenser, Edmund

The clays of thy life are ended, neither can Typhoeus himself aid thee now, nor Chimæra of the evil name.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Thee not Typhoeus, when in armed array 343 He towered erect, could daunt, nor grisly shapes dismay.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax