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Typhoeus

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/ 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

The clays of thy life are ended, neither can Typhoeus himself aid thee now, nor Chimæra of the evil name.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

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 Thomas Bulfinch

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 Edward Fairfax Taylor

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