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The statue is carved out

of the native bedrock, and

has the body of a lion and

Pharaoh Khafre's face.

The sphinx was related to

Oedipus, Hesiod, and

Orthrus

It is a unique demon

of destruction and

bad luck.


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Medusa was a female

with a head full of

snakes instead of hair.

She was one of the

Gorgon sisters.

Daughter of Phorcys

and Ceto

She has the power to

turn anyone who stares

into her eyes to stone.


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Minotaurs have the head

of a bull and the body of

an immense human.

The minotaur was related

to Daedalus, King Minos,

Icarus, and Theseus.

It is violent and feeds on

humans.


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The hydra was related to

the Chimera and Cerberus.

It was slain by Heracles.

Another offspring of Echidna

and Typhon.

The Hydra had the body ofa serpent and many heads

of which no one could never

be harmed by any weapon.

The stench from the Hydras

breath was enough to kill a

man or a beast.


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A giant with only one

eye in the middle of

its forehead.

The cyclops was

related to Poseidon,Zeus, Uranus, Gaia,

Thoosa, and

Odysseus.

He was very strong

but dim witted.


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Half horse, half man.

Son of Ixion and Ares

They came to symbolize

the dark, unruly forces of

nature.

They can see fortune in

the stars.


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He is described with 3

heads and was the offspringof Typhon and Echidna.

Related to Hades, Heracles,Hermes and Orpheus.

Cerberus guarded the gateto Hades and ensured that

spirits of the dead could

enter, but none could exit.

The River of Styx


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Birds with women's headsand lovely, mesmerizing

voices; they are possibly

associated with mermaids

and the lure of the sea.

Sometimes a siren can be

described as a mermaid.


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deadly-dangerous bird-women, portrayed as seductresses, seamen

who sailed near were decoyed with the Sirens' enchanting music toshipwreck on the rocky coast

Related to Achelous.


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The goddess fierce Echidna who is half a nymph with glancing eyesand fair cheeks, and half again a huge snake, great and awful, with

speckled skin, eating raw flesh beneath the secret parts of the holy

earth.

The daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, she coupled with another half-

snake, Typhon, and gave birth to Hydra, Cerberus, and Chimaera.


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There she has a cave deep down under a hollow rock farfrom the deathless gods and mortal men.

There, did the gods appoint her a glorious house to dwellin: and she keeps guard in Arima beneath the earth, grimEchidna, a nymph who dies not nor grows old all herdays.


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