Echidna (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Echidna was a monster, half-woman and half-snake, who lived alone in a cave. She was the mate of the fearsome monster Typhon and was the mother of many of the most famous monsters
Echidna. Sculpture by Pirro Ligorio 1555, Parco dei Mostri (Monster Park), Lazio, Italy
Orthrus
Cerberus, with the gluttons in Dante's Third circle of hell. William Blake.
Theogony
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The Theogony is a poem by Hesiod describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed c. 730–700 BC. It is written in the epic dialect of Ancient Greek and contains 1,022 lines. It is on
Fourteenth-century Greek manuscript of Hesiod's Theogony with scholia written in the margins
The nine muses on a Roman sarcophagus (second century AD)—Louvre, Paris
The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn: fresco by Giorgio Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi, c. 1560 (Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio)
The Fall of the Titans by Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (1596–1598)