GREEK MONSTERSBy: Robbie Joscelyn Loomis

Medusa• Use to be mortal until she was

transformed into a horrible monster• Has snakes for hair• Medusa’s face is so terrible that if

you see it you turn to stone• A dragon like monster• Persues cut off her head and now

uses it to turn his enemies into stone

Cyclopes

• Very strange giants with one giant eye in the middle of their forehead

• At one time the Cyclopes were sent by Cronus to the underworld

• Zeus released the Cyclopes and they gave Zeus thunder-bolts to ruin Cronus

• Zeus destroyed Cronus and became god of the Universe

Cerberus• A dog with three heads and a dragon like tail• Watches the entrance to the underworld• Cerberus allows anyone in the underworld but will never let

them out• Poisons the Earth if he ever touches it• Tail is poisonous• Cerberus has blood red eyes and 126 razor sharp teeth

Hydra• A monster with 9 heads and poisonous breath• Lives in swamps, lakes and eats cattle and crops while destroying the land• Has a huge gut to digest cows • Has webbed feet and claws • Breath pollutes air and smells terrible

To kill a Hydra, Heracles cut off all its heads and burned the stubs so new heads would not grow back

Sphinx

• Has large eagle wings• Is a female • Stands on victims neck with powerful lion paws and

chokes them • Originally came from the ancient kingdom of Egypt • Has a perch where she waits to devour victims. If they

answer this riddle correctly they keep their life: “Which creature has one voice but goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon and three in the evening.”- Answer is………. A MAN

Harpy• Creatures with wings, beaks, and claws like a bird with a woman’s head • Vulture looking body reeks(smells bad) • Fly as fast as wind• Feathers are as strong as armor• They would capture mortals and bring them to the underworld• Then they leave behind a disgusting smell

Minotaur• Monster with a body like a mans and a head like a bulls• King Minous hired Deadalus to build a maze for the Minotaur• The maze is so complex that the Minotaur could never escape• King Minous fed the Minotaur human victims

Thesus, a Greek hero, put an end to the victim killing by having himself be a victim and slay the Minotaur. After he seized the Minotaur he used a string that Aridne gave him to find his

way out and free the other human victims.

Sirens• Sea Goddesses with heads of women and bodies of birds• Lure sailors into their island by singing sweet/beautiful songs that the sailors can’t

resist• Would destroy the sailors once they came to the island

Odysseus avoided the Sirens by putting wax in all of his crews ears. He then had his crew tie him to the mast of their ship because he was too curious to put wax in his own ears. Odysseus is the only man to hear the Sirens song and live.

Chimera

• A monster with the head of a lion, the tail of a dragon, and a body of a goat

• Breathe fire • Bellerophon became a hero when he was able

to slay the Chimera

Arachne

• Once a little girl who was a very good weaver• Once faced Athena in a weaving contest• Arachne’s weaving was much better looking than Athena’s so

Athena shredded Arachne’s masterpiece• Arachne was so sad that she was about to hang herself• Athena took pity on the little girl so she turned Arachne into a

spider

Charybdis

• A giant sea monster that sucked in and burped out seawater

• Anything that tried to pass this monster would get sucked in by him

• Charybdis was a male

Skylla

• A smelly monster with 6 necks that were each 12 feet long

• Each head had three sets of teeth that could easily devour a person

• Skylla was a female

Geryon

• A monster with two legs and three heads• Lived on the island of Erytheia

Heracles was able to kill this monster and his two- headed watch dog and capture the oxen that he was ordered to get. Heracles then brought the oxen safely back to Eurystheus.

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