Greek MythologyMonsters

By: Robert, Alex, Kevin and Jason

Centaurs

• Centars were a race of creatures that had the head and torso of a man and the legs of a horse.

What the were like

• Centaurs were brutal and savage. With only a view notable exceptions

• They were always on the hunt for any creature • They represent uncivilized life

There myth’s

• The most famous myth of centaurs is the battle with Lapithae.

• The Lapithae king invited all of the centaurs to his wedding. All went well until the got drunk and started to attack the people there.

Bio poem • Centaurs• Powerful, savage, strong, uncivil • Relative of other centaurs• Lover of hunting• Feels nothing• Needs nothing • Fears nothing• Gives nothing• Likes to see savagery• Resident of woods• No roman name

Modern reference

• One modern reference is Greek art.• Centaurs are always a frequent subject of

modern art.• Most common reference of Centaurs is the

wedding fight with the Lapihae

The Furies

• Furies were born from the drops of blood from cronus

• His blood was spilled into the sea were the furies came from

What they were like

• They had snakes for hair • There eyes dripped blood• And there bodies looked like a dogs

There myth’s

• There job was to torment people• They would go after anyone who broke the

laws of nature • In one story they pursue Orestes for killing

others

Bio poem• Furies• Mean, strong, strong and smart• Relative of Cronus• Lover of nothing• Feels nothing• Fears only the gods• Needs nothing• Gives nothing• Like to see people in pain• Resident of the sea• Roman name Erinyes

Modern Reference

• There is no modern reference that can be found

Cyclopes

• Cyclopes are one-eye giants. Who were mostly mean but some times nice. Cyclopes were the sons of Gaia and Uranus.

What they were like

• Cyclopes were very skilled craftsmen• They were not that smart • They were know as savage man eaters • Not all were like this, in other stories some

Cyclopes helped many other people

There Myth’s

• One myth was when zues’s dad was thinking that that zues would over throw him he thought that the cyclopes would help so he made them into his slaves

• Zues took over and set free all of the cyclopes• The cyclopes were skilled workers so the gave

a thunder bolt to Zeus as a wepon

Bio poem • Cyclopes• Mean, strong , good workers and powerful • Relative of gaia and uranus• Lover of nothing• Feels nothing• Needs nothing• Fears only the gods• Gives nothing• Likes to work• Resident of the world• No roman name

Modern reference

• One modern reference is many children books as a mean character

Gorgons

• Gorgons were three sisters who were like furies

• The most famous gorgon was medusa• And like medusa , if any one looked at them

they would turn to stone

What they were like

• These sisters had serpents for hair • They had claws for hands• Long sharp teeth • And scales that covered there body

There Myth’s

• They were from ceto• There names were euryale,sthenno and

medusa• They did not cause harm but they were not

good.

Bio poem• Gorgons• Mean, ugly, powerful, well know• Relative of ceto• Lover of nothing• Feels nothing• Needs nothing• Fears no one• Gives nothing• Like to see nothing• Resident of the world• No roman name

Modern reference

• One modern reference is the movie “hocus pocus’’

• The three main characters are based off of the gorgons

• Another reference is the movie small soldiers • The name gorgons is used in the moive but

does not relate to mythology.

Harpies

• Harpies were birds with women’s faces.• They were the most fierce monster in Geek

mythology

What they were like

• Harpies were monsters that had no nice side what so ever

• They did not respect anyone even there own kind.

• They would attack every one even gods

There myth’s

• Harpies were used by the gods as a punishment

• They were sent to punish criminals and enemies of the gods

• If there was something missing Harpies were to blame

Bio poem• Harpies • Powerful, fearless , strong ,mad• Relative of other creatures • Lover of death• Feels nothing• Needs nothing• Fearless • Gives nothing• Like to see only death• Resident of mount oylimpos • No roman name

Modern reference

• There are know modern references for harpies

Medusa

• Medusa is know as the woman with snakes in her hair.

• And can turn any one into stone if they look at her.

• She tried to seduce Poseidon, so Athena (Poseidons wife) turned medusa back into a Gorgon.

• Then later she was killed by her.

Satyrs

• Satyrs are nice versions of Centaurs• They are kind, smart and playful • They like to sing and dance • They are know as god of wine

Cerberus

• Cerberus is gate keeper of the underworld• He lets souls in but never out • His only master is hades • His one and only job is to make sure that no

one ever gets out.

What he is like

• He is mean but he is controllable. • He has the body of a dog but with three heads

His myth

• The only time he has ever failed at guarding the under world is when hurcules played a harp that made him go to sleep then hurcules went into the underworld to save his friend

Bio Poem• Cerberus• Three headed dog, mean, strong, powerful • Relative of Typhoeus• Lover of nothing• feels nothing • Needs nothing• Fears only his ruler hades• Gives nothing• Would like to see nothing • Resident of the underworld • No roman name

Modern reference

• One modern reference is in the movie harry potter

• In the movie the dogs guard a trap door the harry potter needs to get to

• But some one has put a spell on a harp that is keeping the three headed dog asleep.

Work cited

• http://www.greek-mythology.com• www.factmonster.com• www.theoi.com• Edweb.sdsu.edu/creature.• www.youtube.com

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