Mythological monsters

Greek myth includes many monstrous beings: Centaur,a head and torso of a human with the legs and behind of a horse Asbolus In Greek mythology, Asbolus was a centaur. He was a Seer,or an auger. He was a diviner who read omens in the flight of birds. Chariclo, wife of the centaur Chiron Chiron, the eldest and wisest of the Centaurs. The ancient Trainer of Heroes. Eurytion, an immortal son of Ares Nessus

Cerberus, the three-headed, giant hound that guarded the gates of the Underworld Charybdis, a sea monster whose inhalations formed a deadly whirlpool Chimera, a three-headed monster, with the foreparts of a lion, the middle-parts of a goat and a snake for its tail. Empousai, seductive female vampire demons with a leg of bronze and a donkey's foot. They are especially good at killing men with their beauty. Gorgons, three cursed sisters with serpents for hair Medusa, whose gaze could turn mortals to stone Stheno, most murderous of the sisters Euryale whose scream could kill

Graeae, three old women with one tooth and one eye among them Deino Enyo Pemphredo

Harpies, winged monsters with heads and torsos of women Hippalectryon, a creature with the fore-parts of a rooster and the body of a horse Hippocampi, sea creatures with the fore-parts of horses and the tails of fish Ichthyocentaurs, a pair of marine centaurs with the upper bodies of men, the lower fronts of horses, and the tails of fish Ipotane, a race of half-horse, half-humans Kobaloi, a species of mischievous creatures, fond of tricking or frightening humans Manticore, a monster with the head of a man, the body of a lion, and a tail that can shoot spikes. Minotaur, a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain multiple times. Mormo, a vampiric creature who bit bad children Lamia, a vampiric demon which preyed on children Hydra, a many-headed, serpent-like creature that guarded an Underworld entrance beneath Lake Lerna. It was destroyed by Heracles, in his second Labour Furies, the three goddesses of pain. Worked for Hades in the Underworld to punish evil souls. Created from the blood of Ouranos. Charon, a ferryman at the river Styx Ophiotaurus, a creature part bull and part serpent

Orthrus, a two-headed, serpent-tailed dog, slain by Heracles Panes, a tribe of nature-spirits which had the heads and torsos of men, the legs and tails of goats, goatish faces and goat-horns Pholus, a wise centaur and friend of Heracles Satyrs and Satyresses, companions of Pan and Dionysus which had human upper bodies, and the horns and hindquarters of a goat Scylla, lover of Poseidon, transformed by Circe into a many-headed, tentacled monster who fed on passing sailors in the straits between herself and Charybdis. Sirens, three beautiful mermaid like women whose irresistible song lured sailors to their deaths Taraxippi, ghosts that frightened horses Telekhines, skilled metal-workers with the heads of dogs and flippers of seals in place of hands Wood Nymphs, beautiful women who each had a plant that they lived in, they were often chased by heroes, gods and satyrs

Mythical animals[edit]
These animals possess some fantastic attribute. Arion, the immortal horse of Adrastus who could run at fantastic speeds Balius and Xanthus, the immortal horses of Achilles Calydonian Boar, a gigantic boar sent by Artemis to ravage Calydon and slain in the Calydonian Boar Hunt Ceryneian Hind, an enormous deer which was sacred to Artemis; Heracles was sent to retrieve it as one of his labours Griffin or gryphon, a creature that combines the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle Golden Fleece, from a golden-haired ram, which was held in Colchis. Erymanthian Boar, a gigantic boar which Heracles was sent to retrieve as one of his labours Karkinos, a giant crab which fought Heracles alongside the Hydra Laelaps, a dog destined always to catch its prey Mares of Diomedes, four man-eating horses belonging to the giant Diomedes Nemean Lion, a gigantic lion whose skin was impervious to weapons; it was strangled by Heracles Pegasus, a divine winged horse that is pure white, was foaled by Medusa Phoenix, a golden-red bird of which only one could live at a time, but would burst into flames to form a new phoenix Sphinx has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman Stymphalian Birds, man-eating birds with beaks of bronze and sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims Teumessian fox, a gigantic fox destined never to be caught unicorn, a beatiful horse like creature with a magical horn on it's forehead

Giants
The Gigantes, or giants, were a class of unnaturally large and often monstrous men who were closely related to the gods. They were born of Ouranos' blood. Each was born to oppose a certain god. Agrius, a man-eating Thracian giant who was half man and half bear

Alcyoneus, the eldest of the Thracian giants, killed by Heracles, made to oppose Hades The Aloadae, twin giants who attempted to storm Olympus Alops, a Sicilian giant, slain by Dionysus Anax, a Lydian giant Antaeus, a Libyan giant who gained strength from constant contact with the earth and wrestled to death all visitors to his realm until slain by Heracles Argus Panoptes, a hundred-eyed giant tasked with guarding over Io Chrysaor, a son of Medusa, sometimes said to be a giant Cyclopes (Younger), three one-eyed giants who forged Zeus' thunderbolt, Hades' cap of invisibility, and Poseidon's storm-raising trident Arges Brontes Steropes

Cyclopes (Elder), one-eyed cannibalistic giants who shepherded flocks of sheep on the island of Sicily Polyphemus, a cyclops who briefly captured Odysseus and his men, only to be overcome and blinded by the hero can no longer see today

Enceladus, a Thracian giant who made war on the gods; he was defeated and buried underneath Mount Etna The Gegenees, a tribe of six-armed giants fought by the Argonauts on Bear Mountain in Mysia Geryon, a three-bodied, four-winged giant who dwelt on the red island of Erytheia The Hekatoncheires, the Hundred-Handed Ones, giant gods of violent storms and hurricanes. Briareus or Aigaion (), The Vigorous Cottus (), The Furious Gigges (), The Big-Limbed

The Laestrygonians, a tribe of man-eating giants encountered by Odysseus on his travels Polybotes, a giant who fought Poseidon during the Gigantomachy Porphyrion, a giant who made war on the Olympians and was killed by Heracles. In Hesiod, he was king of the giants Tityos, a giant slain by Apollo and Artemis when he attempted to violate their mother Leto. Typhon, a monstrous immortal storm-giant who was defeated and imprisoned by Zeus in the pit of Tartarus

Dragons
The dragons of Greek mythology were serpentine monsters. They include the serpent-like Drakons, the marine-dwelling Cetea and the she-monster Dracaenae. The Colchian Dragon, an unsleeping dragon which guarded the Golden Fleece Cychreides, a dragon which terrorised Salamis before being slain by Cychreus The Ismenian Dragon, a dragon which guarded the sacred spring of Ares near Thebes; it was slain by Cadmus Ladon, a serpent-like dragon which guarded the Golden apples of immortality of the Hesperides The Lernaean Hydra, a seven-headed dragon which guarded the springs of Lerna; it was slain by Heracles

Python, a dragon which guarded the oracle of Delphi; it was slain by Apollo

Drakons[edit]
Drakons ("" in Greek, "dracones" in Latin) were giant serpents, sometimes possessing multiple heads, or being able to breath fire but most just spit deadly venom. Laconian Drakon one of the most fearsome of all the drakons

Cetea[edit]
Cetea were sea monsters. They were usually featured in myths of a hero rescuing a sacrificial princess. Ethiopian Cetus, a sea monster sent by Poseidon to ravage Ethiopia and devour Andromeda, which was slain by Perseus Trojan Cetus, a sea monster which plagued Troy before being slain by Heracles.

Automaton
Automatons or Colossi, were men, animals and monsters crafted out of metal and made animate in order to perform various tasks. They were created by the divine smith, Hephaestus. The Athenian inventor Daedalus also manufactured automatons. Caucasian Eagle, a giant eagle set by Zeus to feed on the ever-regenerating liver of Prometheus; it was variously described as an automaton and a son of Echidna The Hippoi Kabeirikoi, four bronze horse-shaped automatons crafted by Hephaestus to draw the chariot of the Cabeiri The Keledones, singing maidens sculpted out of gold by Hephaestus The Khalkotauroi, fire-breathing bulls created by Hephaestus as a gift for Aetes The Kourai Khryseai, golden maidens sculpted to Hephaestus to attend him in his household Talos, a giant man made out of bronze to protect Europa

Legendary tribes
Arimaspi, a tribe of one-eyed men Monopodes or Skiapodes, a tribe of one-legged Libyan men who used their gigantic foot as shade against the midday sun Panotii, a tribe of northern men with gigantic, body-length ears Pygmies, a tribe of one and a half foot tall African men who rode goats into battle against migrating cranes