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