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Greek Mythical Monsters - Academic Team #6

Answer with the Greek Mythical Monster. You do have to put the place before the name of some monsters. Ex. Lernaean Hydra
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Father of monsters; Ripped Zeus' tendons out and solo'd the Greek gods.
Typhon
Mother of monsters; Locked away Zeus' tendons in a box. Wife of the above.
Echidna
One-eyed son of Poseidon and Thoosa. Apart of a race of one-eyed giants in Homer's "The Odyssey".
Polyphemus
A lady turned into a monster by Athena. She petrifies people who look her in the eye out of her sheer ugliness.
Medusa
Monster race the above was turned into.
Gorgon
Two other main monsters of the same type as the above.
Stheno/Euryale
Half bull, half man born from a cow and Minos' wife. Put into a labyrinth where people would be sacrificed to it.
Minotaur/Asterion
Many-headed serpent defeated by Heracles as his second labor.
Lernaean Hydra
Three-headed dog of the Underworld. Guards the gates of Hades.
Cerberus
Monster made up of different animals. Noted to breathe fire. Defeated by Bellerophon.
Chimera
A man, lion, falcon hybrid that kills anyone who can't answer its riddles.
Sphinx
Monster that lures in sailors with its beautiful voice.
Siren
Monster that Meleager and a band of men went on a hunt to kill.
Calydonian Boar
The winged beast that guarded the golden fleece.
Colchian Dragon
Monster race of the above.
Dragon
Type of the above that spits poison.
Drakon
The daughter of Pontus and Gaia; Famously encountered by Odysseus in Homer's "The Odyssey".
Charybdis
Turned into a monster by Circe; on the opposite side of a narrow strait from the above.
Scylla
Men with horse ears and tails often associated with the god Pan. Known to have a perpetual erection. These are half goat in Roman Mythology.
Satyr
Bird, lady hybrid.
Harpy
A beautiful woman made to be a half woman, half snake by Hera. She eats kids and cannot close her eyes.
Lamia
Half horse, half man creatures. The wisest of the creatures is Chiron.
Centaur
They craft Zeus' thunderbolts for him. One eyed creature Odysseus stabs in the eye.
Cyclops
Giant creature taken alive as the 4th labor of Heracles.
Erymanthian Boar
A race of abnormally large people, but they have two eyes.
Giant
The mares of Diomedes that ate humans.
Mares of Thrace
The creature of Heracles' first labor. He wore it as a clothing item for the rest of the labors.
Nemean Lion
Birds that lived in the marsh of Stymphalus. They have bronze feathers and metal beaks.
Stymphalian Birds
Giant snake shot and killed by Apollo.
Python
Winged horse ridden by Bellerophon.
Pegasus
Eagle, lion hybrids associated with Apollo and Nemesis.
Griffin
Has 100 arms and 50 heads; They played a big role in Titanomachy and their names were Briareos, Kottos, and Gyges.
Hecatoncheires
The race of gods that came before the olympic gods.
Titans
Bear brothers born from Polyphonte (daughter of Hipponous) and a bear.
Agrius/Oreius
Horse, dolphin hybrid created by Poseidon.
Hippocampus
Griffin, horse hybrid.
Hippogriff
Snake lady who stole Heracles' horses and offered them back to him if he slept with her.
Scythian Dracaenae
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Level 36
Nov 14, 2022
satyrs are half man half goat not horse
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Level 33
Nov 14, 2022
Yeah, thanks for the catch. I don't know how I got satyrs and centaurs mixed up.