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Geryon
/ ˈɡɛrɪən /
noun
- 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
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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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