GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY

CREATURES

CENTAUR

• Upper body of a man
• Horse below the waist
• Chiron-trains heroes
• children of Ixion, king of the Lapiths, and Nephele, a cloud made in the image of Hera.

ARGUS PANOPTES

• Giant with 100 eyes
• Servant of Hera/Juno
• Slated Echidna
• Killed by Hermes/Mercury while keeping Zeus/Jupiter away from Io, a nymph Zeus/Jupiter was involved with

ARION

• Extremely fast horse
• Offspring of Demeter/Ceres and Poseidon/Neptune or Gaea
• Ridden by Hercules
• Most notable owner Adrastus-Adrastus only survived the Battle of the Seven Against Thebes because of Arion

CERYNEIAN HIND

• Gigantic deer that lived in Keryneia
• Gold antlers
• Captured by Heracles/Hercules during Labors of Heracles/Hercules when he was told to by Eurystheseus

CRETAN BULL

• Pasiphae forced to fall in love with it
• She and Cretan Bull gave birth to Minotaur
• Captured by Theseus and Heracles/Hercules (during Labors of Heracles)

ERYMANTHIAN BOAR

• Giant creature that lived on Mt. Erymanthos
• Mt. Erymanthos sacred to Artemis
• Captured by Heracles/Hercules during Labors of Hercules

LAELAPS

• Dog that caught everything he hunted
• Told to hunt the Teumessian fox, which could never be caught
• Zeus realized it was a paradox and turned them both into constellations

PEGASUS

• Winged flying horse
• Offspring of Poseidon/Neptune and Medusa
• Brother of Chrysaor
• Tamed and ridden by Bellerophon
• Bellerophon tried to fly to Olympus on Pegasus, so Zeus/Jupiter dismounted him and he fell to his death

SIRENS

• Lured sailors to death with their voices
• Daughters of the river God Achelous and unknown mother
• Sirens given wings to protect Persephone at Demeter's orders
• Persephone abducted by Hades-Sirens cursed with sad melody

HECATONCHEIRES

• Hundred-hands giants
• Insane strength
• Fifty heads which each expressed an emotion
• Children of Ouranos and Gaea
• There were 3-Briareus, Cottus, Gyges
• Represented earthquakes and big sea waves
• Thrown into Gaea's womb by Ouranos
• Angered Gaea, had Cronus overthrow Ouranos
• Cronos imprisoned them in Tartarus-guarded by Kampé
• Hecatoncheires helped Zeus overthrow Cronos, then helped guard Tartarus

SATYRS

• Goat-legged and goat-eared men
• Followers of Dionysus
• Nature spirits

MONSTERS

KAMPÈ

• Typhoon' female counterpart
• Upper body and head of a woman
• Snake hair
• Dragon bottom
• Scorpion tail
• Random heads popped out at her waist

CHARYBDIS AND SCYLLA

• Charybdis-sea monster in Strait of Messina-created whirlpools
• Offspring of Poseidon/Neptune and Gaea
• Flooded land so was turned into monster by Zeus
• Scylla-lived in rock near Charybdis
• Picked up sailors and/or boats
• Sailors could not get through straight-could get killed by either one

CALYDONIAN BOAR

• King of Calydon, Oeneus, forgot to make a sacrifice to Artemis/Diana
• Artemis/Diana sent a giant boar to destroy Calydon
• Atalanta and Meleager, Oeneus's son, come to help, along with Meleager's uncles
• Atalanta hits boar with first arrow, so when boar killed, Meleager wants to give her hide because he is in love with her

CALYDONIAN BOAR

• His uncles were jealous, so Meleager killed them and gave Atalanta the hide
• Meleager's mother heard of what he did, and burned a blanket that was literally his life