Hesiod's Monsters and other Creatures 2023
Hercules takes this 3-headed monster from its home in the Underworld, but it was able to return safely afterwards.
Cerberus
Which monster has a lion for a head, a goat for a body, and a snake for a tail?
Chimera
This twin brother of Pegasus was known as the Golden Man or the Blazing Sword
Chrysaor
This monster is the mother of Orthrus, Cerberus, the Chimera, the Sphinx, the Nemean Lion, and the Hydra.
Echidna
This monster guards the tree of golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides.
Ladon
Hercules buries the immortal head of this monster under a rock that no one else is able to lift.
Lernean Hydra
This monster has 9 snake heads that regrow and double when cut off.
Lernean Hydra
Hercules/Herakles wears the hide of this monster.
Nemean Lion
This monster has an impenetrable hide, so Hercules kills it by strangling it.
Nemean Lion
This two-headed hound loyally guards the cattle of Geryones/Geryon.
Orthrus
The hero Bellerophon rides this monster when he battles the Chimera.
Pegasus
This monster is born when the Perseus slashes off the head of Medusa.
Pegasus
The beautiful song of these monsters causes sailors to lose their lives at sea, but the hero Odysseus manages to hear it and survive.
Sirens
These monsters have the heads of women and the bodies of birds.
Sirens
This monster has the head of a woman and the body of a lion.
Sphinx
This monster tells riddles that are difficult to solve, and eats those who can't answer her.
Sphinx
This monster battles with Zeus for control of the heavens.
Typhon
This monster is the father of Orthrus, Cerberus, the Hydra, and the Chimera.
Typhon