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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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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

He was one of the Titans who warred against Jupiter like Typhoeus, Briareus, and others.

From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas

From the first has come forth a strength that led and still leads to fearful revolution: for in all socialistic upheavals it is ever Rousseau's man who is the Typhoeus under the Etna.

From Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

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