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Orthrus bears a close resemblance to Cerberus, the hound of Hades. The classical scholar Arthur Bernard Cook called Orthrus Cerberus' "doublet". [ 19 ] According to Hesiod, Cerberus, like Orthrus was the offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
Orthrus: a two-headed dog, brother of Cerberus, slain by Heracles. Nymph; Odontotyrannos: a beast with a black, horse-like head, with three horns protruding from its forehead, and exceeded the size of an elephant. Ophiotaurus (Bull-Serpent): a creature part bull and part serpent. Ouroboros: an immortal self-eating, circular being. The being is ...
"Chimera of Arezzo": an Etruscan bronze. According to Hesiod, the Chimera's mother was a certain ambiguous "she", which may refer to Echidna, in which case the father would presumably be Typhon, though possibly (unlikely) the Hydra or even Ceto was meant instead. [4]
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 ...
In Greek mythology, Mount Othrys was the base of Cronus and Rhea and the other Titans and Titanesses during the ten-year war with the Olympians known as the Titanomachy.It was also the birthplace of the gods and goddesses who are children of Cronus and Rhea: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus.
He and Braver were arrested and Orthrus's operations was brought to an end. Braver A count who has connections to Orthrus. He is stabbed by Duke Gosel in an attempt to make Masayuki look like a killer, but Masayuki's team intercepted the ploy and healed Braver, resulting in his and Gosel's arrest and Orthrus's eventual collapse. King of Ballachia
Orthrus is a famous example of a livestock guardian dog from the Greek mythology known for guarding Geryon's red cattle. Some ancient guard dogs in more urban areas, such as the extinct bandogges , were chained during the day and released at night [ 5 ] to protect properties, camps and villages.
Jason returns with the Golden Fleece, shown on an Apulian red-figure calyx krater, c. 340 –330 BC. In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece (Ancient Greek: Χρυσόμαλλον δέρας, romanized: Khrysómallon déras, lit.