Graeae - Mythopedia To force the Graeae to reveal the location, Perseus stole the one eye that they shared among themselves: as the Graeae were exchanging the precious organ, Perseus darted in and snatched it away He then refused to give it back until the sisters told him what he needed to know Perseus Returning the Eye to the Graeae by Henri Fuseli (1790–1800)
Phorcys - Mythopedia Phorcys, son of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek sea god He fathered a host of mythological monsters with his sister-consort Ceto Among these terrifying children—sometimes collectively known as the “Phorcides”—were the Gorgons and the Graeae
Ceto - Mythopedia Ceto, daughter of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek goddess of the sea She had no mythology of her own but was known for the many famous monsters—including the Gorgons and the Graeae—that she begot with her brother-consort Phorcys
Gorgons – Mythopedia In Hyginus, Fabulae pref 9, the Gorgons are the offspring of Ceto and Gorgon, rather than Ceto and Phorcys, and are thus the half-sisters of the Graeae ↩; Hesiod, Theogony 333–35 ↩; Hesiod, Theogony 295–97 (though the reading of these lines is disputed) ↩; Only according to the scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica 4 1399
Greek Creatures - Mythopedia Greek mythology is full of strange and often terrifying creatures, some born at the very beginning of the cosmos Many of these creatures terrorized mortals until they were slain by brave gods or heroes
Medusa - Mythopedia Medusa, one of the three monstrous Gorgons, was a snake-haired female who turned anybody who looked upon her to stone She was finally killed by the hero Perseus, who used her severed head as a weapon against his enemies
Andromeda - Mythopedia Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, was a beautiful princess of Ethiopia Offered up as a sacrifice to Poseidon as punishment for her mother’s foolish boasts, Andromeda was rescued from death by Perseus, who took her back to Greece to be his queen
Ladon - Mythopedia Ladon was a formidable serpent or dragon, tasked with guarding the golden apples hidden in the Garden of the Hesperides When Heracles came to steal the apples for his eleventh labor, he first had to find a way around the imposing Ladon
Daedalus - Mythopedia Daedalus was a craftsman from Athens who designed the famous Labyrinth—the prison of the Minotaur—and other marvelous creations for the Cretan king Minos He and his son Icarus were imprisoned by Minos, but they managed to escape on wings that Daedalus had built
Echidna - Mythopedia Echidna was a primeval female monster, usually represented as a woman from the waist up and a snake from the waist down She was said to have been the mother of some of the most fearsome monsters of Greek myth, including Cerberus, the Chimera, and the Hydra