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Greek MonstersOn the list of Greek monsters I have put those who had the most hideous look (even if they probably seemed beautiful to their mommies). Cerberus - the three-headed dog who was on guard at the gates of Hades. 
Cerberus Tamed by Hercules Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com Charybdis - a sea nymph turned by Zeus into a monster. Chimera - a fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's head and a snake's tail. 
Mythical Creature of Lion, Goat and Chimera Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com Echidna - a monster with a woman's head and a snake's body, she was the mother of all the major Greek monsters. Geryon - a winged monster who had three human bodies from his waist up. The Gorgons - three monstruous sisters (initially there was only one Gorgon). 
Attic black-figure dinos depicting Perseus fleeing from the Gorgons, c.590 BC (ceramic) Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com Lamia - a monstruous woman who ate little children (the bogeyused by ancient Greeks and Romans to make their little ones behave). Medusa - one of the Gorgons; her hair was made of snakes and her look would turn anyone into stone. 
Head of Medusa Rubens, Peter Paul Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com For more pictures of Medusa, click here. Scylla - another beautiful nymph, turned into a monster by Circe, who was jealous of her. 
Circe Transforming Scylla Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com Typhon - was the father of the monsters. He had a hundred heads and hundreds of snakes around his thighs. Were you looking for something else? Here you are: |