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Chrysaor

Chrysaor was an offspring of Poseidon and the Gorgon Medusa. When Perseus decapitated Medusa, some blood fell on the earth and the sea. Pegasus sprang out of the sea, while Chrysaor was born where the blood fell on land. Chrysaor was fully armed when he was born.

It's not certain if Chrysaor was a human or a monster. The writers were never clear, but he could be a giant. Chrysaor married Callirrhoe, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. Chrysaor was the father of Geryon.

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Chrysaor, Χρυάωρ – "Golden Sword".

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Giants:

  • • Hundred-Handed (Hecatoncheires)
  • • Cyclops
  • • Giants (Gigantes)
  • • Gegenees
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  • • Otus and Ephialtes
  • • Orion
  • • Antaeüs
  • • Cacus
  • • Chrysaor
  • • Talus
Pegasus

Pegasus

Winged horse of Bellerophon. Pegasus, or Πήγασος, was the offspring of Poseidon and the Gorgon Medusa. The winged steed was born when blood from Medusa's neck fell into the sea. Pegasus was born at the same time as Chrysaor. Bellerophon was only a...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Gorgons

Gorgons

The Gorgons, Γοργόνες, were perhaps the strangest of the monsters that appeared in Classical mythology. They were winged women with snakes on their heads instead of hair. A single glimpse of their hideous visage would turn any creature, mortal or ...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Geryon

Geryon

Geryon was the son of Chrysaor and the Oceanid Callirrhoë. Geryon was the king of Erytheia (Cadiz), in Spain. Geryon was a man or monster with three bodies, joined at the waist. Geryon was the owner of cattle which was placed in the care of Euryti...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Chimaera

Chimaera

Chimaera was a fire-breathing monster that lived in the mountains around Lycia. Chimaera was another monstrous offspring of Typhon and Echidna. Chimaera had the head and body of a lion, the legs of a goat, and had a snake instead of a tail. Some i...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Phorcys

Phorcys

An ancient sea-god. Phorcys was the son of Pontus and Gaea. Phorcys may have been an important sea-god before the arrival of Poseidon. By his sister Ceto (sea-monster), he became the father of the Gorgons, Graeae, and possibly of Echidna and Ladon.

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Bellerophon

Bellerophon

Bellerophon (Βελλεροφόντης) was the son of Glaucus, king of Ephyra (Corinth), and Eurynome or Eurymede, the daughter of Nisus. His name was Hipponous at birth. But in the Catalogues of Women, Zeus cursed Glaucus that the king would never have a ch...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Perseus

Perseus

Perseus (Περσεύς) and the Gorgon Medusa (Μέδοισα) is one of the most popular myths in both Greece and Rome. This story's popularity can be seen in numerous pieces of artwork in ancient Greece and Italy. There are no epics made about this legend, a...

April 9th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Cheiron

Cheiron

Cheiron (Χείρων) was the most famous Centaur. Not only was Cheiron immortal, but he was one of the wisest beings on earth. Cheiron was the son of the Titan Cronus and Philyra, who was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. Cronus had raped Philyra wh...

January 11th, 2006 • Jimmy Joe
Ocyrrhoe

Ocyrrhoe

According to Ovid, Ocyrrhoe was the daughter of Aeolus and Chariclo. At birth, she was endowed with the gift of prophecy by Apollo. She later became the mother of Phasis by Apollo. Ocyrrhoe had been raped by Aeolus, the son of Hellen. So great was...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Giants (Gigantes)

Giants (Gigantes)

The Giants or Gigantes were offspring of Uranus and Gaea. When Cronus severed his father's genitals and threw them into the sea, some of the blood landed on earth, and the giants sprang out of the earth. The Gigantes were more than just giants. Th...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
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