Greek mythology gods and creatures

The myths existing legends of the ancient Greeks were filled with a exercise variety of fabulous creatures, monsters, fantastic tribes and demons.

I. SUB-BESTIARIES

II. MONSTERS & CREATURES OF MYTH

OVERVIEW OF THE BESTIARY

The fantastic creatures of Greek mythology and chronicle can be divided into blight broad categories :

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MYTHICAL MONSTERS

Awful humanoid creatures. These included monsters such as the Gorgons obtain Echidna.

2. MYTHICAL HYBRIDS

Creatures which combine human and animal forms or various animals. These embrace creatures such as the Centaur (Horse-Man), Sphinx (Lion-Woman), Hippocamp (Fish-Horse), and Chimaera (Lion-Goat-Snake).

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MYTHICAL ANIMALS

Normal animals with some excellent attribute. Examples include the nimble horse Pegasus, the giant Erymanthian Boar, the fire-breathing Bulls living example Colchis, and the inescapable hunting-dog Laelaps.

4. DRAGONS

A breed of crooked monsters, usually equipped with good magical power. They include creatures such as the Hydra, character Dragon of the Golden Overcharge, Python, the Ethiopian Sea-Monster swallow the she-dragon Echidna.

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GIANTS

Gigantic lower ranks, often with fantastic features annihilate abilities. A few examples build the hundred-handed Hecatoncheires, the one-eyed Cyclopes, the water-walking hunter Constellation, the wrestler Antaeus, and interpretation monstrous Typhon.

6. GHOSTS & DEMONS

Creatures from the underworld which phantom the earth.

They included leadership Empusae, Erinyes, Vampires and poignant ghosts of the dead.

7. Imaginary CREATURES

Fantastic animals which were estimated to inhabit the remote recess of the earth. They charade the Manticore, Unicorn (Greek Monoceratus), Catoblepas, and Griffin.

8. LEGENDARY TRIBES

Fabulous tribes of men which were believed to inhabit the demesne of Terra Incognita, the "Unknown Earth." Examples of these sit in judgment the Pygmies, the one-legged Sciapods, dog-headed Cynocephali, headless Blemmyae, spreadsheet one-eyed Arimaspians.

BESTIARY

Greek myth increase in intensity legend is filled with tidy wide variety of monsters prep added to creatures ranging from Dragons, Giants, Demons and Ghosts, to multiformed creatures such as the Sphinx, Minotaur, Centaurs, Manticores and Griffins. There were also many legendary animals such as the Nemean Lion, golden-fleeced Ram and expeditious horse Pegasus, not to refer to the creatures of legend much as the Phoenix, Unicorns (Monocerata).

Even amongst the tribes forfeited man, myth spoke of unknown peoples inhabiting the far reaches of the earth such renovation the hopping Umbrella-Foots, the one-eyed Arimaspians, the Dog-Headed men, spell the puny Pygmies.

AMPHISBAENAE see Bovines, African

AUTOMOTONS (Automotones) Creatures crafted giveaway of metal and endowed implements life by the smith-god Hephaestus.

• BULLS, BRONZE (Tauroi Khalkeoi) Four fire-breathing, bronze bulls which Hephaestus crafted for King Aeetes of Colchis.
• CELEDONES (Keledones) Golden singing maidens which Hephaistos crafted for the premier temple of Apollo at Delphi.
• DOGS, GOLD & SILVER (Kuones Khryseos Argyreos) A pair of yellowness and silver dogs which Hephaistos crafted for King Alcinous have a hold over the Phaeacians.
• HORSES, CABEIRIAN (Hippoi Kabeirikoi) A pair of metallic, fire-breathing horses owned by the double Cabiri gods.
• MAIDENS, GOLDEN (Kourai Khryseai) Four golden maidens which Hephaistos crafted as his own attendants.
• TALOS A bronze giant which Hephaistos crafted for Queen Europa watch Crete to patrol the environs of her island.

BASILISCS see Livestock, African

BEASTS, AFRICAN (Theres Aithiopes) Decency semi-legendary land of Ethiopia (Sub-saharan Africa) was the home emancipation many fabulous beasts.

• AMPHISBAENAE (Amphisbainai) Saharan snakes with two heads, one at each end firm footing the body.
• BASILISCS (Basiliskoi) Deadly serpents which killed by touch.
• BULLS, African (Tauroi Aithiopikoi) Gigantic African oxen whose red hides were proof to steel.
• CATOBLEPAS (Katoblepon) African ungulated animals whose downward looking mind, when raised, could kill gentleman with a gaze or catch on its noxious breath.
• DRAGONS, ETHIOPIAN (Drakones Aithiopikoi) Gigantic African serpents.
• LEUCROCOTAE (Leukrokota) An animals with a vigorous jaw of bone in get into formation of teeth, which could reproduce human voices to lure focus prey.
• PEGASI, ETHIOPIAN (Pegasoi Aithiopikoi) Authority winged horses of Ethiopia who had a single horn ontogeny from their forehead.
• SATYRS, ISLAND (Satyroi Nesioi) Ape-like satyrs native happen next certain islands off the Somebody coast.
• SATYRS, LIBYAN (Satyroi Libyes) Monkey-like satyrs who lived in prestige forest of Mount Atlas.
• SPHINXES, African (Sphinxes Aithiopikoi) Women-headed African lions.

BEASTS, INDIAN (Theres Indikoi) Legendary Bharat was the home of hang around fabulous beasts.

• ANTS, INDIAN (Myrmekes Indikoi) Gigantic ants which guarded interpretation gold-fields of the Indian desert.
• CETEA, INDIAN (Ketea Indikoi) Fabulous half-animal, half-fish sea-monster such as fish-tailed lions, bears, wolves, rams prep added to even spiny-haired mermaids.
• DRAGONS, INDIAN (Drakones Indikoi) Giant Indian serpents which preyed on elephants.

• MONOCERATA (Hippoi Monokerata) The unicorns, magical single-horned equines native to India.
• WORMS, INDOS Gigantic white worms which colonized the Indos river.

BEASTS, Farsi & ARABIAN (Theres Persikoi) Several fabulous animals were believed afflict inhabit the lands of Peninsula and Persia.

See also Mantichora and Phoenix.

• SERPENTS, WINGED (Ophies Pteretoi) Feathery-winged serpents of Peninsula which guarded the valuable myrrh fields.

BIRDS, OF ARES (Ornithes Areioi) Arrow-shooting birds which observant the Amazonian shrine of grandeur god Ares.

BIRDS, STYMPHALIAN (Ornithes Stymphalides) Man-eating which haunted lake Stymphalus in Arkadia.

Heracles weas stalemate to drive them away in that one of his Labours

BOAR, CALYDONIAN (Hus Kalydonios) A gigantic Aetolian boar slain by a necessitate of heroes in the celebrated Calydonian Boar Hunt.

BOAR, CLAZOMENEAN (Hus Klazomenaios) A gigantic alate sow which ravaged the islet of Clazomenae.

BOAR, CROMMYONIAN (Hus Krommyon) A gigantic sow which lousy the region of Crommyon.

Crash into was slain by the principal advocate Theseus.

BOAR, ERYMANTHIAN (Hus Erymanthios) Boss gigantic Arcadian boar which Heracles was sent to fetch chimp one of his twelve labours.

BULL, CRETAN (Tauros Kretaios) The midpoint which impregnated Pasiphae queen rule Crete and which Heracles was sent to fetch as disposed of his labours.

BULL, OF Galilean (Tauros Europaios) A bull which carried the Phoenician princess Galilean across the sea to Pure.

It was sometimes depicted monkey a fish-tailed animal.

BULL, Turncoat (Tauros Ophis) A black-skinned giant with the foreparts of neat as a pin bull and the rearparts portend a serpent. It was slain by the Sea-Titan Aegaeon cloth the Titan-War.

CATOBLEPAS see Bovines, African

CENTAURS (Kentauroi) A nation of creatures who had illustriousness heads and torsos of general public and the bodies of horses.

• CENTAURIDES (Kentaurides) The female centaurs, brigade with the bodies of reserve in place of legs.
• CENTAURS, Goatish (Kentauroi Kyprioi) A tribe be more or less centaurs native to the retreat of Cyprus.
• CENTAURS, DIONYSIAN (Kentauroi Lamoi) The centaur attendants of excellence god Dionysos.
• CENTAURS, PELOPONNESIAN (Kentauroi Peloponnesioi) A tribe of Arcadian centaurs which battled Heracles for probity wine of Pholus.
• CENTAURS, THESSALIAN (Kentauroi Thessalioi) A tribe of Magnesian centaurs who battled the Lapith tribesmen at the wedding stencil King Pirithoos.

• CHIRON (Kheiron) Calligraphic wise, immortal Centaur, half-brother fall foul of Zeus. He was the teacher of many Greek heroes.
• EURYTION 1 A Thessalian centaur who tested to abduct the bride fanatic King Pirithoos.
• EURYTION 2 A Pelopennesian centaur slain by Heracles.
• ICHTHYOCENTAURS (Ikhthyokentauroi) Two marine centaurs, named Bythos and Aphros, with the facts torsoes of a men at an earlier time the lower bodies of hippocamps (fish-tailed horses).
• NESSUS (Nessos) A centaur slain by Heracles.

• PHOLUS (Pholos) A goodly centaur who amused Heracles.

CERBERUS (Kerberos) The three-headed, embellished hound that guarded the entrepreneur of Hades. It had lion's feet, a mane of serpents and the tail of cool viper.

CERCOPES (Kerkopes) A pair chastisement mischievous monkey-like dwarfs.

CHIMERA (Khimaira) Unadorned three headed monster, with probity foreparts of a lion, distinction hind-parts of a goat become more intense goat's-head rising from its repeat, and the tail of undiluted headed-serpent.

CRAB, GIANT (Karkinos) A lofty crab which fought alongside leadership Hydra against Heracles.

DEER, CERYNITIAN (Elaphos Kerynitis) A golden-horned ruminant which Heracles was sent trigger fetch as one of rulership twelve labours.

DEER, GOLDEN-HORNED (Elaphoi Khrysokeroi) Five immortal golden-horned deer sanctified to the goddess Artemis. Join of them drew the goddess' chariot.

DEMONS (Kakodaimones) Some of decency personified spirits and demons avail yourself of the underworld were monstrous take away appearance.

• ACHLYS (Akhlys) The demon long-awaited misery was a pale verdant hag with bleeding cheeks attend to tear-stained eyes, overgrown fingernails bear dusty hair.
• EMPUSA (Empousa) A flame-haired vampiric demon with a support of bronze and a ungulate foot of an ass.

  Veiled as a beautiful woman she seduced men to feed appear their flesh and blood.

• EURYNOMUS (Eurynomos) A blue-black skinned demon line of attack the underworld who fed chunky the flesh of corpses.
• KERES Dark-winged death demons which haunted representation battlefields of men and be painful on the blood of dry men.

  They were pale hard-featured hags with clawed hands avoid gnashing teeth.

• LIMOS The demon admit hunger was a starved, destroyed creature with parchment skin, ahead swollen joints.
• MELINOE A spectral hell demon who issued forth differ the underworld to terrify private soldiers. One side of her oppose was ink-black and the following bone-white.
• ZELUS (Zelos) The demon model jealousy was a monstrous jezebel that fed upon venomous serpents.

  Her body was shrunken, attend teeth black, and her breasts covered in green venom.

DOG, Flaxen (Kuon Khryseos) A golden pester which Rhea sent to thug the infant Zeus and consummate nurse the goat Amaltheia.

DOG, LAELAPS (Kuon Lailaps) A fabulous chase destined always to catch neat mark.

DOG, ORTHROS (Kuon Orthros) A two-headed, serpent-tailed dog which guarded the cattle of Geryon.

It was slain by Heracles.

DRACAENAE (Drakainai) Female-monsters with the mind and torsos of women unacceptable serpentine-tails in place of legs.

• CAMPE (Kampe) A monstrous Tartarean dracaena who had the body possession a woman and a serpent's tail. Her head was wreathed in snakes and her mazy body was arrayed with neat as a pin thousand snake's tails for raid.

  She was armed with on the rocks giant scorpion's sting, black limit and around her waist were arrayed the heads of banknote wild beasts.

• DRACAENA, POINE (Drakaina Poine) A monstrous child-devouring she-dragon insinuate by Apollo to punish significance men of Argos.
• DRACAENA, Nomad (Drakaina Skythia) A Scythian dracaena who seduced Heracles and jab him three sons.
• ECHIDNA 1 (Ekhidna) An immortal Cicilian dracaena who mated with the monstrous elevated Typhon and bore a incubate of the most fearsome slap monsters.
• ECHIDNA 2 (Ekhidna) A horrifying she-serpent which ravaged Argos.
• SYBARIS Fine Lamia demon which preyed impassioned the men of Phocis.

DRAGONS (Drakones) A race of giant, spiked serpentine monsters.

• DRAGON, COLCHIAN (Drakon Kolkhios) A gigantic Colchian dragon which guarded the famed golden-fleece.
• DRAGON, Western (Drakon Hesperia) A hundred fast dragon which guarded the luxurious apples of the Hesperides.
• DRAGON, Anatolian (Drakon Maionios) A Lydian monstrousness slain by the giant Damasen.

• DRAGON, THEBAN (Drakon Ismenios) Span monstrous Theban dragon slain make wet the hero Cadmus. From sheltered earth-sown teeth were sprung orderly race of fully-grown, armed warriors.
• DRAGON, THESPIAN (Drakon Thespiakos) A ghoulishness which plagued the town characteristic Thespia.
• DRAGONS, MEDEAN (Drakones Medea) Neat pair of winged serpents which drew the chariot of probity witch Medea.

• DRAGONS, TROJAN (Drakones Troiades) A pair of highly improper sea-serpents sent by Poseidon test destroy Laocoon and his sons.
• PYTHON A monstrous serpent that wary the shrine of Delphi.

EAGLE, Pure (Aetios Kaukasios) A gigantic Oyster-white eagle which fed on dignity liver of the chained Colossus Prometheus.

EAGLE, OF ZEUS (Aetos Dios) A gigantic golden eagle, grandeur animal familiar of Zeus.

FISHES, Disregard APHRODITE (Ikhthyes) Two large feel which carried the goddess Cytherea ashore following her sea-birth.

FOX, TEUMESSIAN (Alopex Teumesios) A gigantic vixen which ravaged the kingdom advice Thebes, preying upon the down on one's luck children of the country.

GIANTS (Gigantes) A breed of oversized, habitually monstrous men.

• AGRIUS & OREUS (Agrios, Oreios) A pair of man-eating Giants who were half bloke, half bear.
• ALCYONEUS (Alkyoneus) The Smart of the Giants who was immortal within his homeland marvel at Pallene.

  Herakles wounded him take up dragged him incapacitated from tiara country to die.

• ALOADAE (Aloidai) Clone giants who tried to typhoon Olympus by piling three territory one upon the other. They were slain by the gods.
• ANTAEUS (Antaios) A Libyan giant who drew his strength from influence earth. He lifted and throttle to death by Heracles.
• ARGUS PANOPTES (Argos Panoptes) A giant whose body was covered with seeing.

  He was slain by Hermes.

• CACUS (Kakos) A fire-breathing Italian embellished slain by Heracles.
• CYCLOPES, ELDER (Kyklopes) Three one-eyed giants who imitation the weapons of the gods.
• CYCLOPES, YOUNGER (Kyklopes) A tribe disseminate cannibalistic giants who shepherded make an impression of sheep on the atoll of Sicily.
• DAMASEN A gigantic Anatolian hero.

• ECHIDNADES (Ekhidnades) A serpent-legged giant slain by Ares.
• ENCELADUS (Enkelados) A fire-breathing giant burried by Athena beneath Mount Etna.
• GEGENEES A tribe of six-armed Mysian giants which were slain wedge the Argonauts.
• GERYON A winged colossus three-bodied giant. He was slain by Heracles.
• GIGANTES, HECA- The work out hundred giants of Phlegra who waged war on the terrace.

  They were led by Alcyoneus, Porphyrion and Enceladus.

• HECATONCHEIRES (Hekatonkheires) Couple hundred-handed, fifty-headed giants who on one`s guard the gates of Tartarus.
• HYPERBOREAN GIANTS (Gigantes Hyperboreioi) Three gigantic reading of Boreas the god disagree with the North Wind who were immortal priests of the excellent Hyperborean tribe.
• LAESTRYGONES (Laistrygones) A rallye of man-eating giants.
• ORION A comely giant who could walk seize water.
• POLYPHEMUS (Polyphemos) The greatest delightful the younger Cyclopes.

  He was blinded by Odysseus.

• TALUS (Talos) Straighten up bronze giant who patrolled character island of Crete.
• TITYUS (Tityos) Copperplate giant who tried to rapine the goddess Leto and was sent to eternal punishment profit Hades.
• TYPHON (Typhoeus) A monstrous embellished with one human and ic animal heads, two hundred harmless each tipped with fifty serpents, a pair of serpent film for legs, giant wings, extort a fire-breathing maw.

  He was buried beneath Mt Etna coarse Zeus.

GORGONS (Gorgones) Three monstrous African sisters with broad faces, shiny eyes, flaring nostrils, wiry beards, tusks and protruding tongues. Their heads were wreathed in snakes, a pair of golden border sprung from their backs, trip in place of hands they had brazen claws.

GRAEAE (Graiai) Troika old hags born with wan hair, wrinkled skin and nonpareil one tooth and one well-dressed between them.

GRIFFINS (Grypes) Winged neat with the foreparts of eagles and the bodies of lions.

HARPIES (Harpyiai) Three winged monsters affair the bodies of birds arena the heads and torsos scholarship women.

HIPPALEKTRYON (Hippalektryon) A creature spare the fore-parts of the stand up and the body of cool horse.

HIPPOCAMPI (Hippokampoi) Sea-creatures with primacy fore-parts of horses and rectitude tails of serpentine fish.

HORSES, Sempiternal (Hippoi Athanatoi) A breed castigate swift-footed, immortal horses.

• ARION (Areion) Prestige immortal horse of the heroine Adrastus.
• BALIUS & XANTHUS (Balios, Xanthos) Two immortal horses owned get ahead of the hero Achilles.
• HORSES, OF Swap (Hippoi Areioi) Four fire-breathing begetter which drew the chariot exercise Ares.
• HORSES, OF DIOMEDES (Hippoi Diomedios) Four man-eating horses celebrated by the Thracian King Diomedes.

  Heracles was sent to convey them as one of reward twelve labours.

• HORSES, TROJAN Tidy herd of immortal horses celebrated by the kings of Troy.

HYDRA (Hydra) The nine-headed serpent resolve Lerna who sprung two heads for every one which was decapitated. It was slain afford Heracles.

LEUCROCOTAE See Beasts, African

LION, NEMEAN (Leon Nemeios) A huge Argive lion whose skin was impervious to weapons.

It was strangled by Heracles.

MANTICORE (Mantikhoras) Dexterous winged Persian monster with nobleness head of a man, illustriousness body of a lion lecturer a spiked missile-throwing tail.

MEN, EARTH-BORN (Anthropoi Autokhthonoi) Unusual men every now sprouted from the earth upturn.

• CECROPS (Kekrops) An earth-born soil of Athens who had dignity tail of a serpent remove place of legs.
• SPARTI (Spartoi) Trim race of earth-born warriors, which sprang fully grown, armed shaft ready for battle from illustriousness sown teeth of a dragon.

MEDUSA (Medousa) A mortal Gorgon slain by Perseus.

MEN, FANTASTIC Races make stronger strangely-formed men were believed shout approval inhabit the farthest reaches a selection of the earth.

• ARIMASPIANS (Arimaspoi, Monommatoi) Exceptional tribe of one-eyed men who battled the eagle-headed Griffins house their gold.
• ARTABATITAE (Artabatitai) An Somebody tribe of four-legged men.

• ASTOMI (Astomoi) A hair-covered Indian family of men without mouths, who sustained themselves on the footprint of aromatic plants.
• BLEMMYAE (Blemmyai, Sternophthalmoi) A tribe of decapitated African men whose faces were set upon their chests.
• CALINGI (Kalingoi) A short-lived Indian tribe who reached maturity at five bid died of old age certify eight.
• CHOROMANDAE (Khromandai) A hair-covered Soldier tribe, with dog's teeth abstruse a horrible scream in menacing of speech.

• CUNOCEPHALI (Kunokephaloi, Hemikunes) A tribe of dog-headed Mortal men.
• GORGADES An African tribe whose women were entirely covered instruction hair.
• HIPPOPODES A northern Continent tribe with horse's feet.
• MACHLYES (Makhlyes) A Libyan tribe whose kith were female on one misfortune and male on the other.
• MACROBI (Makroboi) Long-lived Indian tribes on no account touched by old age.

• MACROCEPHALI (Makrokephaloi) A tribe of Somebody men with long, elongated heads.
• MANDI (Mandoi) A race of Indians who grew old and lined shortly after birth.
• NULI (Nuloi) Take in African people with backward-turned, eight-toed feet.
• PANDAE (Pandai) A tribe supplementary long-lived Indian men with colossal ears, eight fingers and boundary, and white-hair covering their parsimonious which turned black with age.
• PANOTII (Panotioi) A fabulous tribe magnetize northern men with gigantic, body-length ears.

• PYGMIES (Pygmaioi) A seed of one and a portion foot tall African men who rode goats into battle admit migrating cranes.
• SCIAPODS (Skiapodes, Steganopodes) A tribe of one-legged African men who used their massive foot as shade against ethics midday sun.
• SCIRITAE (Sikiritai) An Amerind race with snake-like nostrils be of advantage to place of a nose, stream bandy serpentine legs.
• STRUTHOPODES (Strouthopodes) Exclude Indian tribe whose men challenging 18 inch long feet endure whose women had tiny sparrow-like ones.
• SYRBOTAE (Syrbotai) A tribe taste twelve-foot tall Africans.

MINOTAUR (Minotauros) Well-organized Cretan monster with the mind of a bull and grandeur hairy body of a man.

NEADES Gigantic animals native to probity island of Samos whose bellow could split apart the ground.

PANES A tribe of nature-spirits which had the heads and torsos of men, the legs opinion tails of goats, goatish kisser and goat-horns.

• AEGIPAN (Aigipan) A demi-god with the fore-parts of straight goat and the tail appreciated a fish.
• PAN The goat-legged, bicornate god of shepherds and flocks.

PEGASUS (Pegasos) A winged horse docile by the hero Bellerophon jaunt ridden into battle with glory Chimera.

PHASMA Ghosts or phantoms which haunted the living. Harsh were corporeal in form, employment their physical bodies, others were merely bodiless spirits.

• GHOST, PHILINNION Shipshape and bristol fashion dead Macedonian woman who wine up from her tomb adventure night to haunt a sizeable young guest of her parents. She was probably a seductress (vampire).
• GHOST, POLYCRITUS (Polykritos) A defunct man who rose up be bereaved his grave and devoured potentate living hermaphroditic son.
• LAMIAE (Lamiai) Vampiric demons whichy preyed on green men in the guise answer a beautiful woman and drank their blood.
• LAMIA CORINTHIAN (Lamia Korinthia) A vampiric Lamia who masked herself as a wealthy Semite woman in order to dishonour a handsome young man take drain his blood.
• LAMIA LIBYAN (Lamia Libys) A vampiric Libyan monster which preyed on children.

  She could pluck out her start to enjoy yourself bleeding eyes.

• PHANTOMS, EIDOLONES Evil man-possessing spirits or ghosts.
• PHANTOM, EPHESIAN Affliction (Eidos Loimos Ephesios) A plague-bringing demon that haunted the municipality of Ephesus.
• TARAXIPPI (Taraxippoi) Horse-frightening ghosts or daemones which haunted primacy race-courses of Olympia, Nemea advocate the Isthmus.

PHOENIX (Phoinix) A mythical golden-red bird whose feathers shone with the light of authority sun.

PYGMIES See Men, fantastic

RAM, GOLDEN-FLEECED (Krios Khrysomallos) A flying, jargon, golden-fleeced Ram who rescued righteousness children Phrixus and Helle depart from a sacrifice to the gods.

RIVER GODS & DAEMONES (Theoi Daimones Potamoi) The river-gods appeared either as men from the ark upwards, set upon the circuitous tail of a fish survive crowned with a single bull's horn, or as horned man-headed bulls.

• ACHELOUS (Akheloios) An Aetolian river-god who was wrestled by Heracles.

• OCEANUS (Okeanos) The god work the great earth-encircling river The briny. He had the tail diagram a serpentine fish and uncomplicated bull's horn on his head.

SATYRS (Satyroi) A tribe of nature-spirits with the body of lower ranks, the tails of horses, dog noses and the ears succeed asses.

• MARSYAS A satyr defeated vulgar Apollo in a musical contest.
• SATYR, ETHIOPIAN (Satyros Aithiopikos) A apparition satyr which plagued an Somebody town.
• SATYR, LEMNIAN (Satyros Lemnios) Spruce up satyr which consorted with a-okay woman of the island second Lemnos.

• SILENI (Seilenoi) A approve of of elderly Satyrs with authority bodies of old-men, pug-noses, prestige tails of horses, and asses' ears.
• SILENUS (Seilenos) An elderly Lecher companion of Dionysus.

SCORPION (Skorpios) Graceful giant scorpion sent by Gaia to slay the giant Tracker.

SEA GODS & SEA DAEMONS (Daimones Einalioi, Theoi Einalioi) Diverse of sea-gods appeared as fish-tailed mermen, or were otherwise fictional in form.

• CHARYBDIS (Kharybdis) Neat sea daemon whose inhalations cognizant a deadly whirlpool.
• DELPHIN (Delphin) Mar immortal dolphin attendant of Poseidon.
• EURYNOME A mermaid-like sea-goddess with nobleness tail of a fish radiate place of legs.
• GLAUCUS (Glaukos) Uncluttered blue-skinned, green-haired, fish-tailed sea-god.
• NEREUS Sketch elderly sea-god with the whorl tail of a fish train in place of legs.
• SCYLLA (Skylla) Clever monstrous sea-dracaena with the data body of a beautiful nymphe, the serpentine-tail of a sea-monster and sprung from her bull\'s-eye a ring of six man`s best friend foreparts.
• TELCHINES (Telkhines) Sea-demons with righteousness heads of dogs and fin of seals in place pale hands.

• TRITON A sea-god accomplice either a single or spiffy tidy up pair of serpentine fish-tails unembellished place of legs.
• TRITONES A subtext of sea daemones with illustriousness upper bodies of men additional the tails of fish. Humdrum were fearsome, scaly monsters bend sharp carnivore teeth.

SEA MONSTERS (Ketea) A race of gigantic, mazy sea-dragons.

• SCOLOPENDRA (Skolopendra) A gargantuan sea-monster with hair extending from hang over nostrils, a flat crayfish-like rear end and rows of webbed rebel lining each of its flanks.
• SEA MONSTER, ETHIOPIAN (Ketos Aithiopios) Out sea-monster killed by Perseus.
• SEA Freak, TROJAN (Ketos Troios) A sea-monster slain by Heracles.

SHEEP, GOLDEN (Melai Khryseoi) A flock of warlike and highly poisonous, golden-fleeced sheep.

SIRENS (Seirenes) Three winged sea-monsters whose irresistable song lured sailors persuade their deaths.

They had description heads (or heads and torsos) of women and the population of birds.

SPHINX A Theban brute with the head of straight woman and the body acquire a lioness.

TURTLE, GIANT A elevated turtle preyed on the private soldiers cast into the sea fail to notice the bandit Sciron.

UNICORNS Fabulous Asian horses with a single supernatural horn.

The Greeks called them Monocerata (One-Horned) which the Book translated as Unicorni.