Monsters

Question 1

Calydonian Boar

Answer 1

was sent by Artemis to destroy the region of Calydon after the king of the region forgot to make a sacrifice to her. was killed by Meleager

Question 2

Campe

Answer 2

a chtonic female dragon, was responsible for keeping the Hekatonkheires and the cyclopes in Tartarus. she had the head and umper body of a woman, the lower body of a dragon and a scorpion tail. she also had snakes coiled around her ankles and the heads of various beasts around her waist

Question 3

Cetus

Answer 3

signified a large sea monster, fish or whale.

Question 4

Charybdis

Answer 4

a sea monster that dwelt in the strait of messina. swallowed large amounts of water and then belched them out creating whirlpools

Question 5

Crommyonian Sow

Answer 5

a huge pig that supposedly gave birth to the Calydonian Boar. destroyed lands around Commyon until it was killed by Theseus

Question 6

Geryon

Answer 6

a giant (not to be confused with the gigantes). a monster with three heads and three/one bodies. he had a dog with two heads, Orthrus, who was the brother of Cerberus. was killed by Heracles

Question 7

Harpies

Answer 7

they had the body of a bird and a human face.

Question 8

Khalkotauroi

Answer 8

two fearsome bulls who breathed fire created by the god hephaestus

Question 9

Ladon

Answer 9

a dragon, the guardian of the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides.

Question 10

Lamia

Answer 10

a beautiful that Zeus fell in love with. was cursed by Hera because of this. Every time she ha a child it was killed by Hera. she was driven mad by this and started stealing children from other mothers and eating them, causing her to become disfigured in her face.

Question 11

Lernaean Hydra

Answer 11

a monster with many heads, every time someone cut one off two more would grow back. was killed by Heracles and turned into the hydra constellation

Question 12

Mare of Diomedes

Answer 12

four horses that ate humans

Question 13

minotaur

Answer 13

had the body of a man and the head of a bull. resided in the labyrinth

Question 14

Nemean Lion

Answer 14

had fur that was impenetrable by the weapons of humans.

Question 15

Orthrus

Answer 15

a dog with two heads and the brother of cerberus

Question 16

Scylla

Answer 16

a monster that lived on the other side of a water channel from Charybdis.

Question 17

Sphinx

Answer 17

had the head of a human and the body of a lion. also had wings of an eagle and the tail of a serpent. asked riddles to travelers and if the answered they could pass if not she ate them

Question 18

Stymphalian Birds

Answer 18

monstrous birds that ate humans and had beaks made of bronze. their feathers were sharp and could be thrown against their prey and the also had poisonous dung.