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Geryon (jĕr`ēən, jərĭ`ən), in Greek mythology, three-bodied monster who, with his dog Orthrus, watched over a great herd of cattle. He and Orthrus were killed by Hercules when, as his 10th labor, he stole the cattle. Geryon celebrated monster with three united bodies or three heads. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid] See : Monsters How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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40-45 shows his "ingrained pagan way" of accounting for one of Christianity's miracles; Hollander asserts that Virgil asks Dante to visit the usurers alone while he speaks with Geryon lest the beast "prove as difficult as the rebel angels and thus embarrass him" [Virgil]; in discussing Inf. Dante in the Comedy has his own confrontations with the Phaeton myth, most memorably during his flight atop Geryon (Inf. The Geryon and Orthrus discoveries lie in deepwater to the north and northwest of the giant Gorgon gas field in which Mobil holds a 1/7th interest, together with Chevron, Texaco and Shell, each of whom hold 2/7ths. |
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