Typhoeus
Britishnoun
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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
There is no other mention in ancient literature of the fight between Hercules and Typhoeus.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
In some cases, as with Typhoeus, minute, bristly or scale-like prominences, with which the whole surrounding surface is covered in approximately parallel lines, could be traced passing into the ribs of the rasp.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
As Typhoeus moves, the earth shakes; as he breathes, smoke and ashes come up from Aetna.
From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas
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