Geryon
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In Greek mythology, Geryon was a fearsome giant who dwelt on the island Erytheia of the mythic Hesperides in the far west of the Mediterranean. A more literal-minded later generation of Greeks associa
A statuette of Geryon at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Heracles fighting Geryon, amphora by the E Group, c. 540 BC, Louvre
Heracles on the sea in the bowl of Helios. Roma, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, n. 205336.
Herakles fighting the three-bodied Geryon; the shepherd Eurytion and the dog Orthros are already dead. Kylix in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Chrysaor
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In Greek mythology, Chrysaor, "he who has a golden sword" was the brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, the son of Poseidon and Medusa, born when Perseus decapitated the
Geryon
…mostly humanoid, with some distinguishing features (such as wings, or multiple bodies etc.) and in mythology, famed for his cattle. He was the son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe, the grandson of Medusa and the nephew of Pegasus. According to Hesiod Geryon had one body and three heads, whereas the tradition followed…
Chrysaor, son of the Gorgon at the pediment of the Temple of Artemis in Corfu