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    Satyrs Myrmidons Dragon-teeth Men (Sparti) Earthborn Kings Argus Panoptes Geryon Graeae Keres Pegasus Arion Xanthus and Balius Ocyrrhoe Laelaps and the Teumessian Vixen Maera Cretan Bull Golden Fleece Calydonian Boar Crommyonian Sow Erymanthian Boar Nemean Lion Eagle (Aquila) Typhon Ceto Cetus Echidna Python Ladon Delphyne Campe Hydra Scylla Sphinx Chimaera Griffin (Gryphon) Cerberus Orthus Minotaur Gorgons Lamia Empusae Sirens Harpies Stymphalian Birds Caucasian Eagle Phoenix
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Caucasian Eagle

The Caucasian Eagle was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna.

Zeus had the Titan Prometheus bound to a crag somewhere in the Caucasian mountains. Every day, the giant Caucasian Eagle would come and feed on Prometheus' liver. Prometheus lived through centuries of torment from the Caucasian Eagle.

However, Prometheus had foretold to the heroine Io that he would be freed from his prison by one of her descendants, Heracles, the greatest hero in the world.

For his eleventh labour, Heracles arrived and killed the Caucasian Eagle by shooting it down with his arrow. Then Heracles broke the chain that had bound Prometheus.

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By Jimmy Joe

Mythical Creatures:

  • • Satyrs
  • • Myrmidons
  • • Dragon-teeth Men (Sparti)
  • • Earthborn Kings
  • • Argus Panoptes
  • • Geryon
  • • Graeae
  • • Keres
  • • Pegasus
  • • Arion
  • • Xanthus and Balius
  • • Ocyrrhoe
  • • Laelaps and the Teumessian Vixen
  • • Maera
  • • Cretan Bull
  • • Golden Fleece
  • • Calydonian Boar
  • • Crommyonian Sow
  • • Erymanthian Boar
  • • Nemean Lion
  • • Eagle (Aquila)
  • • Typhon
  • • Ceto
  • • Cetus
  • • Echidna
  • • Python
  • • Ladon
  • • Delphyne
  • • Campe
  • • Hydra
  • • Scylla
  • • Sphinx
  • • Chimaera
  • • Griffin (Gryphon)
  • • Cerberus
  • • Orthus
  • • Minotaur
  • • Gorgons
  • • Lamia
  • • Empusae
  • • Sirens
  • • Harpies
  • • Stymphalian Birds
  • • Caucasian Eagle
  • • Phoenix
Eagle (Aquila)

Eagle (Aquila)

The eagle of Zeus (Jupiter). Not only was the eagle a bird sacred to Zeus or his Roman counterpart Jupiter, he often used the Eagle in special errands. Zeus used his eagle to steal Aphrodite's slipper and give it to Hermes, who was infatuated with...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Echidna

Echidna

Echidna was a monster, part woman and part snake. She was the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, or perhaps of Tartarus and Gaea. By Typhon, Echidna was the mother of many monstrous offspring: Cerberus, Chimaera, Orthus, the Hydra, the Nemean Lion, the...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Typhon

Typhon

Typhon was a giant winged monster with a hundred heads. Typhon (Τυφών) was an offspring of Gaea ("Earth") and Tartarus, and according to Apollodorus, the creature was born in Cilicia. Typhon was a gigantic winged monster that was part man and part...

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
Argus Panoptes

Argus Panoptes

Argus Panoptes was a watchman with a hundred eyes. Hera set Argus to watch Io, who had been transformed into a cow. Hera wanted to keep Zeus away from Io. With a hundred eyes watching Io, Zeus had no hope of spiriting Io away without detection fro...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Prometheus

Prometheus

Prometheus: The Quick-Thinking Advocate of Humankind Though Prometheus, titan and trickster, was known as the Titan who gave fire to humans, there is much more to know about this fascinating character. To the Greeks, Prometheus was the “benefactor...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Nemean Lion

Nemean Lion

The Nemean Lion was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna. The lion lived in a cave near Nemea. The hide of the lion was invulnerable to all weapons. The only way Heracles could kill the lion was to strangle the lion to death. After showing the lion ...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Stymphalian Birds

Stymphalian Birds

The Stymphalian Birds were birds that had originally lived in the swamp at Lake Stymphalus, in Arcadia. Heracles' sixth labour involved killing or driving off the Stymphalian Birds that had plagued northern Arcadia. Athena gave Heracles a brazen r...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Otus and Ephialtes

Otus and Ephialtes

Otus and Ephialtes were twin giants. They were the sons of Poseidon and Iphimedeia, who was wife of Alöeus. Though the twins' father was Poseidon, they were often called the Aloadae, after Alöeus, who was also the son of Poseidon and Canace. By th...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Cacus

Cacus

According to the Roman myth, Cacus was the son of Vulcan (Hephaestus). Cacus was a fire-breathing giant. During his tenth labour, Heracles was driving the cattle of Geryon through Italy when the hero encountered Cacus. As Heracles passed through t...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
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