1. In The Odyssey this one-eyed giant tried to eat Odysseus. THE CYCLOPS (POLYPHEMUS).
2. This giant dog with many heads guards the gateway to Hades in Greek myth. CERBERUS.
3. These female creatures are the avenging spirits of the dead who relentlessly chase wrong-doers to exact vengence. Double points for their common name and their proper Greek name. THE FURIES (EUMENIDES).
4. A serpent-like monster, it has nine heads and if you cut one off another grows back in its place. THE HYDRA.
5. Half man and half bull, it lived in an underground labyrinth and was killed by the hero Theseus. THE MINOTAUR.
6. One of the most beautiful creatures in Greek myth, he is a white winged horse. PEGASUS.
7. Representing ressurection, the red bird dies in a fire and is reborn from the ashes. THE
PHOENIX.
8. This giant snake belonged to the High Oracle at the Temple of Delphi, and is a symbol of the god Apollo. PYTHON.
9. The goddess Athena transformed this woman into a hideous monster, with snakes for hair, and who’s gaze turned men to stone. MEDUSA.
10. The most famous Greek dragon, it guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides, daughters of Atlas. LADON.
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