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Centaur - Half-man - Half-horse
- Chiron - gave his immortality up for Prometheus
- Nessus - gave Deianiara, Hercules' 2nd wife, his blood as a "love potion"
Satyr - Half-man - Half-goat (Pan)
Minotaur - Half-man - Half-bull (only one)
Sphinx
Is a monster, part bird, lion, woman; had a riddle which was solved by
Oedipus, name translates to mean swollen foot.
Sirens
3 sea nymphs, part bird, part woman; seductive singing lured sailors to
death on rocky coasts.
Harpies
Fierce, filthy, winged monsters, with the faces of women, bodies of
vultures, and sharp claws. They left a loathsome stench. "Hounds of Zeus"
Medusa
One of three Gorgons; the only mortal one
serpents for hair, brazen claws, staring eyes whose glance turned men into
stone; golden wings, bodies covered with impenetrable scales, teeth as long
as tusks of wild boar.
Graeae
(Gray Sisters) 3 old ladies, gray long hair, and shared one eye and one
tooth.
Talos (Talus)
bronze giant Jason encountered.
Typhon
Fiery son of Gaea, 100 dragon heads; conquered by thunderbolts and
buried under Mt. Aetna (Father of: Ladon, Orthus, Cerberus, the Nemean
Lion, the Sphinx, the Chimera, and Hydra).
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