Monsters and Mythical Animals
- Belius
- Horse owned by Achilles.
- Centaurs
- Half man half horse descendants of Ixion son of Ares.
- Cerberus
- Three headed hound. Offspring of Typhon and Echidna and guardian
of the Underworld
- Chiron
- Son of Philyra and the Titan Cronos. A centaur who was learned in
music, medicine, hunting and warfare. Friend of Apollo and tutor
of Achilles, Asclepius and Jason amongst others.
- Cyclopes
- Race of one-eyed giants. Orriginally seen as craftsmen to the
gods, they were later described as man-eating shepherds.
- The Giants
- Of Human shape with the tails of serpants. Born by Gaia at the same
time as the furies. Burried under volcanoes after their defeat
by the Gods.
- The Gorgans
- Stheno "strength", Medusa "Queen" and Euryale "wide
leaping". Had serpants for hair.
- The Minotaur
- Half man half bull. Offspring of Pasiphae and Poseidon's white
bull. Lived in King Minos' maze and fed on seven boys and seven
girls once a year. Killed by Theseus.
- Pegasus
- Winged horse tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a magic bridle
from Athene. Created from the blood spilled from the head of Medusa.
- Polyphemus
- Son of Poseidon and the sea nymph Thoosa. A cyclopes killed by
Odysseus.
- Python
- A huge serpant. Som of Gaia. Slain by Apollo with one of his
first arrows.
- Scylla
- A six-headed sea monster. Said to have been a beautiful nymph
loved by Zues until she was turned into a monster by a jealous
Circe.
- The Sphinx
- A part woman, part lion and part bird monster. Daughter of Echidna
and Typhon or Orthus. Guarded the path to Thebes asking all who tried
to pass a riddle. Threw herself off a cliff after Oedipus solved
her riddle.
- Typhon
- Serpant monster. Conceived by Gaia in Tartaris. Destroyed by Zeus
with a thunderbolt.
- Xanthus
- Child of the harry Pordage and Zephyrus, the west wind. An immortal
talking horse owned by Achilles.