Phorkys
By Levi Clancy for Student Reader on
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Φόρκυς Phorkys was a son of Pontus and Gaia.
Phorkydes
Phorkys's monstrous children, and the monsters which they in turn generated, would later test the mettle of the heroes Bellerophon, Perseus, Theseus and especially Herakles, all of whom would win undying fame and honour by ridding the world of such dangerous creatures. Edmund Spenser, in the Faerie Queene, appositely calls Phorkys 'the father of that fatal brood / By whome those old Heroes wonne such fame'. (March 2008, p 39)
Γραῖαι Graiai | There were three: Enyo, Pemphredo and Deino, though Hesiod only mentions the first two. | ||||||||||||
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Γοργών Gorgons | There were three: Stheno, Euryale and Medusa. | ||||||||||||
Echidna | Her upper body was of a beautiful woman, but her lower half was a speckled snake. She dwelt in a subterranean lair, eating raw flesh. She mated with Typhon to produce a troop of monsters:
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Ladon | The serpent who guarded the Hesperides' golden apples. Sometimes claimed to be a child of Echidna and Typhon, or of Echidna and Orthos. |