PAC Thornton Monsters/Beasts of Greek Myth

(Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination

(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon

the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades

(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

(Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead

(Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone

vicious winged monster

monster with nine heads

(Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors

(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus

(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla

(Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait

a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived