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A two-headed Orthrus and a three-bodied Geryon. Attic black-figure neck amphora, by the Swing Painter, c. 550–500 BC (Paris, Cab. Med. 223). Depictions of Orthrus in art are rare, and always in connection with the theft of Geryon's cattle by Heracles. He is usually shown dead or dying, sometimes pierced by one or more arrows. [10]
A statuette of Geryon at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. In Greek mythology, Geryon (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ r i ə n / GHERR-ee-ən; [1] Ancient Greek: Γηρυών, genitive Γηρυόνος), also Geryone (Ancient Greek: Γηρυόνης, romanized: Gēryónēs, or Γηρυονεύς, Gēryoneús), son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe, the grandson of Medusa and the nephew of Pegasus, was a fearsome giant ...
The Cattle of Geryon, magnificent cattle guarded by Orthrus. The Cattle of Helios, immortal cattle of oxen and sheep owned by the sun titan Helios. The black-skinned cattle of Hades, the cattle owned by Hades and guarded by Menoetes. Cercopes, monkeys. Cretan Bull/Marathonian Bull, was the bull Pasiphaë fell in love with, giving birth to the ...
Cerberus had several multi-headed relatives. His father was the multi snake-footed Typhon, [11] and Cerberus was the brother of three other multi-headed monsters, the multi-snake-headed Lernaean Hydra; Orthrus, the two-headed dog that guarded the Cattle of Geryon; and the Chimera, who had three heads: that of a lion, a goat, and a snake. [12]
With one blow from his olive-wood club, Heracles killed Orthrus. Eurytion the herdsman came to assist Orthrus, but Heracles dealt with him the same way. On hearing the commotion, Geryon sprang into action, carrying three shields and three spears, and wearing three helmets.
Eurytion, and the two-headed dog Orthrus, were the guardians of the cattle of Geryon and were killed by Heracles. [10] [11] ...
10. Obtain the cattle of the monster Geryon The next challenge was to capture the herd guarded by a two-headed dog called Orthrus, which belonged to Geryon; a giant with three heads and six arms who lived in Erytheia. While travelling to Erytheia, he passed through the Libyan desert and was so annoyed by the heat he shot an arrow at Helios, the ...
First, according to Hesiod, there was Orthrus, [36] the two-headed dog who guarded the Cattle of Geryon, second Cerberus, [37] the multiheaded dog who guarded the gates of Hades, and third the Lernaean Hydra, [38] the many-headed serpent who, when one of its heads was cut off, grew two more.