100 Mythical Greek Monsters

1. Centaurs, a race of half-man, with one tooth and one eye Lake Lerna. It was destroyed by
half-horse beings. Usually sons among them, named: Heracles, in his second Labour
of Cronus. three are named: 14. Deino 28. Furies, the three goddesses
2. Asbolus, a diviner 15. Enyo of pain. Worked for Hades in
3. Chariclo, wife of the centaur 16. Pemphredo the Underworld to punish evil
Chiron 17. Harpies, winged monsters souls. Created from the blood of
4. Chiron, the eldest and wisest with the bodies of birds and the Uranus
of the Centaurs. The ancient heads and torsos of women 29. Nessus, a ferryman at the
Trainer of Heroes. 18. Hippalectryon, a creature river Euenus
5. Cerberus, the three-headed, with the fore-parts of a rooster 30. Ophiotaurus, a creature part
giant hound that guarded the and the body of a horse bull and part serpent
gates of Hades 19. Hippocampi, sea creatures 31. Orthrus, a two-headed,
6. Charybdis, a sea monster with the fore-parts of horses and serpent-tailed dog, slain by
whose inhalations formed a the tails of fish Heracles
deadly whirlpool 20. Ichthyocentaurs, a pair of 32. Panes, a tribe of nature-
7. Chimera, a three-headed marine centaurs with the upper spirits which had the heads and
monster, with the foreparts of a bodies of men, the lower fronts torsos of men, the legs and tails
lion, the middle-parts of a goat of horses, and the tails of fish of goats, goatish faces and goat-
and goat’s head rising from its 21. Ipotane, a race of half- horns
back, and a serpent-headed tail. horse, half-humans 33. Satyrs and Satyresses,
Slain by Bellerophon 22. Kobaloi, a species of companions of Pan and
8. Empousa, a vampiric demon mischievous creatures, fond of Dionysus which had human
with a leg of bronze and a tricking or frightening humans upper bodies, the tails of horses,
hoofed foot of a donkey; she 23. Manticore, a monster with pug-noses and the ears of
seduced men in order to feed on the head of a man, the body of donkeys
their flesh and blood a lion and the tail of a scorpion 34. Sileni, a race of elderly
9. Gorgons, cursed sisters with 24. Minotaur, a monster with the Satyrs
serpents for hair. They were head of a bull and the body of a 35. Sirens, three winged bird-
three, and named: man women whose irresistible song
10. Medusa, the sister capable 25. Mormo, a vampiric creature lured sailors to their deaths
of turning men to stone with her who bit bad children 36. Sphinx, a creature with the
gaze 26. Lamia, a vampiric demon body of a lion and the head of a
11. Stheno, the most murderous which preyed on children woman
of the sisters 27. Hydra, a many-headed, 37. Taraxippi, ghosts that
12. Euryale sister most known water-dwelling, serpent-like frightened horses
for her death-bellowing screams creature that guarded an 38. Telekhines, skilled metal-
13. Graeae, three old women Underworld entrance beneath workers with the heads of dogs

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 and flippers of seals in place of or reproduce by bursting into 68. Cyclopes (Younger), a tribe
hands flames and rising from the ashes of one-eyed cannibalistic giants
53. Scylla, a woman turned who shepherded flocks of sheep
Mythical animals: These animals into a monster, set opposite on the island of Sicily. One in
possess some fantastic attribute. Charybdis particular is named:
54. Stymphalian Birds, man- 69. Polyphemus, a cyclops who
39. Amphisbaena, a snake with eating birds with beaks of briefly captured Odysseus and
two heads, one at each end of bronze and sharp metallic his men, only to be overcome
the body feathers they could launch at and blinded by the hero
40. Arion, the immortal horse of their victims 70. The Hekatoncheires, the
Adrastus 55. Teumessian fox, a gigantic Hundred-Handed Ones, giant
41. Balius and Xanthus, the fox destined never to be caught gods of violent storms and
immortal horses of Achilles hurricanes, of which three are
42. Calydonian Boar, a gigantic Giants: The Gigantes, or giants, named:
boar sent by Artemis to ravage were a class of unnaturally large 71. Briareus or Aigaion The
Calydon and slain in the and often monstrous men who Vigorous
Calydonian Boar Hunt were closely related to the gods. 72. Cottus The Furious
43. Ceryneian Hind, an 73. Gyges The Big-Limbed
enormous deer which was 56. Agrius, a man-eating 74. Enceladus, one of the
sacred to Artemis; Heracles was Thracian giant who was half Thracian giants who made war
sent to retrieve it as one of his man and half bear on the gods; he was defeated
labours 57. Alcyoneus, the eldest of and buried underneath Mount
44. Chrysomallus, a flying, the Thracian giants, killed by Etna
talking, golden-fleeced ram Heracles 75. The Gegenees, a tribe of
45. Cretan Bull, the bull which 58. The Aloadae, twin giants six-armed giants fought by the
impregnated Pasiphaë, resulting who attempted to storm Olympus Argonauts on Bear Mountain in
in the Minotaur 59. Alops, a Sicilian giant, slain Mysia
46. Erymanthian Boar, a by Dionysus 76. Geryon, a three-bodied,
gigantic boar which Heracles 60. Anax, a Lydian giant four-winged giant who dwelt on
was sent to retrieve as one of his 61. Antaeus, a Libyan giant who the red island of Erytheia
labours gained strength from constant 77. The Laestrygonians, a
47. Karkinos, a giant crab which contact with the earth and tribe of man-eating giants
fought Heracles alongside the wrestled to death all visitors to encountered by Odysseus on his
Hydra his realm until slain by Heracles travels
48. Laelaps, a dog destined 62. Argus Panoptes, a hundred- 78. Polybotes, a giant who
always to catch its prey eyed giant tasked with guarding fought Poseidon during the
49. Mares of Diomedes, four over Io Gigantomachy
man-eating horses belonging to 63. Chrysaor, a son of Medusa, 79. Porphyrion, a giant who
the giant Diomedes sometimes said to be a giant made war on the Olympians
50. Nemean Lion, a gigantic 64. Cyclopes (Elder), three and was killed by Heracles.
lion whose skin was impervious one-eyed giants who forged In Hesiod, he was king of the
to weapons; it was strangled by Zeus’ thunderbolt, Hades’ cap of giants
Heracles invisibility, and Poseidon’s storm- 80. Tityos, a giant slain by
51. Pegasus, a divine winged raising trident, named: Apollo and Artemis when he
horse 65. Arges attempted to violate their mother
52. Phoenix, golden-red birds 66. Brontes Leto.
that could regenerate themselves 67. Steropes 81. Typhon, a monstrous

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 immortal storm-giant who was divine smith, Hephaestus. The
defeated and imprisoned by Athenian inventor Daedalus also
Zeus in the pit of Tartarus manufactured automatons.

Dracones: These were giant 90. Caucasian Eagle, a giant

serpents, sometimes possessing eagle set by Zeus to feed on
multiple heads or deadly venom. the ever-regenerating liver of
Prometheus; it was variously
82. The Colchian Dragon, described as an automaton and
an unsleeping dragon which a son of Echidna
guarded the Golden Fleece 91. The Hippoi Kabeirikoi,
83. Cychreides, a dragon which four bronze horse-shaped
terrorised Salamis before being automatons crafted by
slain by Cychreus Hephaestus to draw the chariot
84. The Ismenian Dragon, a of the Cabeiri
dragon which guarded the 92. The Keledones, singing
sacred spring of Ares near maidens sculpted out of gold by
Thebes; it was slain by Cadmus Hephaestus
85. Ladon, a serpent-like dragon 93. The Khalkotauroi, fire-
which guarded the apples of the breathing bulls created by
Hesperides Hephaestus as a gift for Aeëtes
86. The Lernaean Hydra, a nine- 94. The Kourai Khryseai, golden
headed dragon which guarded maidens sculpted to Hephaestus
the springs of Lerna; it was slain to attend him in his household
by Heracles 95. Talos, a giant man made out
87. Python, a dragon which of bronze to protect Europa
guarded the oracle of Delphi; it
was slain by Apollo Legendary tribes

Cetea: These were sea 96. Arimaspi, a tribe of one-

monsters. They were usually eyed men
featured in myths of a hero 97. Hyperboreans, a mythical
rescuing a sacrificial princess. people who lived far to the north
of Thrace
88. Ethiopian Cetus, a sea 98. Monopodes or Skiapodes, a
monster sent by Poseidon to tribe of one-legged Libyan men
ravage Ethiopia, which was slain who used their gigantic foot as
by Perseus shade against the midday sun
89. Trojan Cetus, a sea monster 99. Panotii, a tribe of northern
which plagued Troy before being men with gigantic, body-length
slain by Heracles ears
100. Pygmies, a tribe of one and
Automatons: These were men, a half foot tall African men who
animals and monsters crafted rode goats into battle against
out of metal and made animate migrating cranes
in order to perform various
tasks. They were created by the

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