Gorgon. Head turned about, scales of dragon, tusks of swine brazen hands, golden wings

Motif

Gorgon. Head turned about, scales of dragon, tusks of swine brazen hands, golden wings.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Monstrous persons. · view the constellation · filed as F526.3

“As he was returning from the hunt, there met him heralds sent by Erginus to receive the tribute from the Thebans. Now the Thebans paid tribute to Erginus for the following reason. Clymenus, king of the Minyans, was wounded with a cast of a stone by a charioteer of Menoeceus, named Perieres, in a precinct of Poseidon at Onchestus; and being carried dying to Orchomenus, he with his last breath charged his son Erginus to avenge his death.”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IV · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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GreekThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IVThompson cites: Frazer Apollodorus I 153 n. 3.

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GreekFrazer Apollodorus I 153 n. 3. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IV

Within the index

Filed under Person with compound body.

Filed beside it

Typhon. Human down to thighs; coil of vipers below. Dragon heads from his hands. Bigger than mountains Scylla. Breast and face of woman. From flanks has six heads and twelve feet of dogs Beast-like anchorite. Walks on all fours; covered with hair like beast; has horns like beast. (Cf. F521.1.)Men with two faces, three legs, and seven arms (or other such combinations)Cecrops. Body compounded of man and serpent

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrifice Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time Transformation: man to stone Petrification by glance Transformation to husband's (lover's) form to seduce woman Magic sandals Magic cap Magic cap renders invisible: tarnkappe. (Cf. D1067.2, D1361.16.)Magic sandals bear person aloft. (Cf. D1065.5.)Night magically lengthened Three women have but one eye among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F513.1.1.)Three women have but one tooth among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F512.1.2.)

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