Manticore
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The manticore or mantichore is a legendary creature from ancient Persian mythology, similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in Western European medieval art as well. It has the face of a huma
Manticore or "Martigora" ― Johannes Jonston (1652), Historiae Naturalis Copperplate engraving by Matthäus Merian.
Manticore from Bodl. MS. 764, fol. 25r (c. 1225–1250)
Manticore from the Rochester Bestiary (c. 1230–1240)
Manticore in the bestiary bound in a theological miscellany, British Library Harley MS 3244, ff 36r–71v (early 13th century)
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
Manticore
…avatar of Vishnu and is described as having a man's torso and the head and claws of a lion. Dante Alighieri, in his Inferno, depicted the mythical Geryon as resembling a manticore, following Pliny's description where it has the face of an honest man, the body of a wyvern, the paws of a lion, and the…
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