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Geryon

British  
/ 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I told Chiron about the Triple G Ranch—how Quintus had bought his scorpions there and Geryon had been supplying Kronos’s army.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

Geryon shrugged, which was very weird since he had three sets of shoulders.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

“You’re the one who paid Geryon to let us through the ranch, weren’t you?”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

“You? Why would I want you? Bianca’s soul is worth a thousand of yours! Now, can you help me, Geryon, or not?”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

“Yes, well, Apollo is too busy to see to them,” Geryon explained, “so he subcontracts to us. We breed them vigorously because there’s such a demand.”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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