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

• 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

I only know one stanza and that not perfectly; let me see—‘Nam quid Typhoeus et validus Mimas nam quid’—no; I don’t know even that, I see.”

From St. Winifred's, or The World of School by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)

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

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 Lang, Andrew