Typhoeus
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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
Th' infernal waters trembled at thy sight; Thee, god, no face of danger could affright; Not huge Typhoeus, nor th' unnumber'd snake, Increas'd with hissing heads, in Lerna's lake.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
Make us not go to Tityus nor Typhoeus; This one can give of that which here is longed for; Therefore stoop down, and do not curl thy lip.
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
She is somehow connected with the fable of the birth of the monster Typhoeus, son of Hera without a father.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang
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