See also:

• GERYON (GERYONES, GERYONEUS)

GERYON (GERYONES, GERYONEUS)  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the son of Chrysaor and See also:

• CALLIRRHOE

Callirrhoe, daughter of See also:

• OCEANUS (Gr. 'Slrceavts)

Oceanus, and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Erytheia . He is represented as a See also:

• MONSTER (Lat. monstrum, from root of monere, to warn; i.e. something terrible or portentous)
• MONSTER, GEORG, COUNT ZU (1776-1844)

monster with three heads or three bodies (triformis, trigeminus), sometimes with wings, and as the owner of herds of red See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, which were tended by the See also:

• GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant shepherd Eurytion and the two-headed See also:

• DOG

dog Orthrus . To carry off these cattle to See also:

• GREECE

Greece was one of the twelve " labours " imposed by Eurystheus upon Heracles . In See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to get See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of them, Heracles travelled through See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and See also:

• LIBYA

Libya, set up the two pillars in the Straits of See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar to show the extent of his See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey, and reached the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• RIVER

river Oceanus . Having crossed Oceanus and landed on the island, Heracles slew Orthrus together with Eurytion, who in vain strove to defend him, and drove off the cattle . See also:

• GERYON (GERYONES, GERYONEUS)

Geryon started in pursuit, but See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell a victim to the arrows of Heracles, who, after various adventures, succeeded in getting the cattle safe to Greece, where they were offered in See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice to See also:

• HERA

Hera by Eurystheus . The See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical position of Erytheia is unknown, but all See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient authorities agree that it was in the far See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . The name itself (= red) and the See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of the cattle suggest the fiery aspect of the disk of the setting See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun; further, Heracles crosses Oceanus in the See also:

• GOLDEN

golden See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup or See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat of the sun-See also:

• GOD

god Helios . Geryon (from ynpuw,the See also:

• HOWLER

howler or roarer) is supposed to personify the See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm, his See also:

• FATHER

father Chrysaor the See also:

• LIGHTNING

lightning, his See also:

• MOTHER

mother Callirrhoe the See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain . The cattle are the rain-clouds, and the slaying of their keepers typifies the victory of the sun over the clouds, or of See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring over See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter . The euhemeristic explanation of the struggle with the triple monster was that Heracles fought three See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession . See See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus ii .

5 . 10; See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod, Theogony, 287; Diod . Sic. iv . 17; See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus iv . 8; F . Wieseler in See also:

• ERSCH, JOHANN SAMUEL (1766–1828)

Ersch and See also:

• GRUBER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED (1774-1851)

Gruber, Allgemeine Encyclopadie; F . A . Voigt in See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie; L . See also:

• PRELLER, FRIEDRICH (1804–1878)
• PRELLER, LUDWIG (1809–1861)

Preller, Griechische Mythologie; See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article " See also:

• HERCULES
• HERCULES (0. Lat. Hercoles, Hercles)

Hercules " in Daremberg and Saglio, Dictionnaire See also:

• DES

des antiquites .