Ate
Ate is remembered as the Greek personification and condition of delusion, reckless error and moral blindness that drives a person…
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Culture or Region: Ancient Greek tradition
Deimos
Deimos is remembered as the Greek personification of terror, especially the overwhelming dread that spreads through armies beside Ares and…
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Mormo is remembered as a Greek female spectre or bugbear invoked by adults to frighten children into obedience. Its identity…
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Mormolykeia is remembered as a Greek class or name for frightening female phantoms closely related to Mormo, Lamia and Empusa.…
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Sybaris is remembered as a female monster or lamia-like being said to inhabit a cave near Delphi and prey upon…
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The Calydonian Boar is sent by Artemis when King Oeneus neglects her in the harvest offerings. The creature ravages vineyards,…
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The Erymanthian Boar lives on the high slopes and ravines of Mount Erymanthus, descending to devastate the surrounding country. Heracles…
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The Nemean Lion occupies a cave with two mouths and wears a hide that no ordinary weapon can pierce. Heracles…
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Orthrus is the two-headed hound guarding the red cattle of Geryon on the distant island of Erytheia. He stands beside…
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The Stymphalian Birds infest the marsh and lake of Stymphalus in Arcadia, a landscape of reeds, hidden water and difficult…
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