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#Beasts of Greek Myth

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Onocentaur

The myth of the Onocentaur: a hybrid with the upper body of a man and the body of a donkey, the asinine cousin of the horse-centaur, moralised in the

Greek Mythology · 06 July 2026

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Stymphalian Birds

The myth of the Stymphalian Birds: a flock of monstrous man-eating birds with bronze beaks and dart-like feathers infesting Lake Stymphalia, the sixth

Greek Mythology · 06 July 2026

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Laestrygonians

The myth of the Laestrygonians: a race of giant man-eating cannibals ruled by King Antiphates who destroyed eleven of Odysseus' ships in their

Greek Mythology · 06 July 2026

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Aspidochelone

The myth of the Aspidochelone: a colossal turtle or whale so vast sailors mistook its back for an island, camped and lit fires on it, and were dragged to

Greek Mythology · 06 July 2026

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Erymanthian Boar

The myth of the Erymanthian Boar: a gigantic savage wild pig that ravaged Mount Erymanthus, captured alive in deep snow by Heracles, and carried back to

Greek Mythology · 06 July 2026

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Ichthyocentaur

The myth of the Ichthyocentaurs: gentle sea-centaurs with a man's torso, horse's forelegs and fish's tail. The brothers Aphros and Bythos, half-brothers

Greek Mythology · 06 July 2026

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Strix

The myth of the Strix: the ominous Greco-Roman night-bird that fed on infants' blood, blurring into the witch who became it — a key ancestor of the

Greek Mythology · 05 July 2026

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Hippocampus

The myth of the Hippocampus: the "sea-horse" with a horse's forequarters and a fish's tail that drew the chariots of Poseidon and the sea-gods — namesake

Greek Mythology · 05 July 2026

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Catoblepas

The myth of the Catoblepas: the heavy African beast whose head was too heavy to lift — fortunate, since its downward gaze and poisonous breath killed any

Greek Mythology · 05 July 2026

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Amphisbaena

The myth of the Amphisbaena: the venomous serpent with a head at each end, born of Medusa's blood, that moves in either direction and can never be

Greek Mythology · 05 July 2026

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Campe

The myth of Campe: the monstrous composite she-dragon Cronus set to guard the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handers in Tartarus, slain by Zeus to free the allies

Greek Mythology · 05 July 2026

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The Graeae

The myth of the Graeae: the three grey-haired witch-sisters of the Gorgons who shared a single eye and tooth, robbed by Perseus at the moment of exchange

Greek Mythology · 05 July 2026

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Stheno

The myth of Stheno: the eldest, immortal Gorgon sister of Medusa, said to be the deadliest of the three, who pursued Perseus after he slew the only mortal

Greek Mythology · 05 July 2026

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Argus Panoptes

The myth of Argus Panoptes: the giant covered in a hundred eyes who never fully slept, set by Hera to guard Io, lulled to sleep and slain by Hermes — his

Greek Mythology · 04 July 2026

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Talos

The myth of Talos: the giant bronze automaton forged by Hephaestus to guard Crete, animated by a single vein of ichor and defeated by the sorceress Medea

Greek Mythology · 04 July 2026

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Ladon

The myth of Ladon: the immortal hundred-headed dragon that never slept, guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides, slain in Heracles's eleventh Labour

Greek Mythology · 04 July 2026

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Empusa

The myth of Empusa: the shape-shifting demon of Hecate who took the form of a beautiful woman to seduce and devour young men, driven off only by insults —

Greek Mythology · 04 July 2026

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Lamia

The myth of Lamia: the beautiful queen loved by Zeus whose children Hera destroyed, who became a serpentine, sleepless monster that devoured other

Greek Mythology · 04 July 2026

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Orthrus

The myth of Orthrus: the two-headed hound, brother of Cerberus and child of Typhon and Echidna, who guarded Geryon's red cattle and was slain by Heracles

Greek Mythology · 04 July 2026

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Python

The myth of Python: the colossal earth-serpent child of Gaia who guarded the Delphic oracle until Apollo slew it and claimed the sacred chasm, giving

Greek Mythology · 04 July 2026

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Polyphemus

The myth of Polyphemus: the one-eyed Cyclops son of Poseidon who trapped and ate Odysseus's men, until the hero called himself "Nobody," blinded him, and

Greek Mythology · 03 July 2026

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Harpy

The myth of the Harpies: the foul bird-bodied, woman-faced "snatchers" born of storm winds who seized food and souls, famous for tormenting the prophet

Greek Mythology · 03 July 2026

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Siren

The myth of the Sirens: the bird-women whose irresistible song lured sailors to their deaths, survived by Odysseus lashed to his mast and out-sung by

Greek Mythology · 03 July 2026

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Centaur

The myth of the Centaur: the half-man, half-horse beings of Greece embodying the war between reason and wild instinct, from the savage Centauromachy to

Greek Mythology · 03 July 2026

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Sphinx

The myth of the Greek Sphinx: the woman-lion-eagle who terrorised Thebes with her deadly riddle until Oedipus answered "Man," and she destroyed herself —

Greek Mythology · 03 July 2026

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Pegasus

The myth of Pegasus: the white winged horse born from Medusa's blood, tamed by Bellerophon to slay the Chimera, whose hoof struck springs of poetic

Greek Mythology · 03 July 2026

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