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Geryon

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Ge·ry·on  (jîr-n, gr-)
n. Greek Mythology
A monster with three bodies that was slain by Hercules.
Geryon [ˈgɛrɪən]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a winged monster with three bodies joined at the waist, killed by Hercules, who stole the monster's cattle as his tenth labour
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Noun1.Geryon - (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by HerculesGeryon - (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
mythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth
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Of the classical canali around the 'Eye of Mars', only Geryon was dark.
The opposition of Mars, 2001: Part I by McKim, Richard / Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Bacteriologic investigation of shell disease in deep sea crabs, Geryon quinquedens.
Risk factors for the development of shell disease in impounded ... by Theriault, Michelle; Vanleeuwen, John; Morrison, Margaret; Cawthorn, Rick / Journal of Shellfish Research
Olson is not the only such adventurer: one Italian physicist reported in the journal Nature that the great poet Dante had described, 350 years in advance, the Galilean principle of invariance (check it out in Canto XVII of Inferno, the bit where Dante and Virgil board the monster Geryon for an aerial tour of one circle of hell).
By the light of the moon by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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