Enormous and monstrous human-like creatures.
Agrius and Oreius, when a woman was cursed by Aphrodite to fall in love with a bear, the twin giants were born, they look half-man, half-bear.
The Aloadae, twin giants who attempted to storm Olympus
Alops, a Sicilian giant, slain by Dionysus
Anax, a Lydian giant
Antaeus, a Libyan giant who gained strength from constant contact with the earth and wrestled to death all visitors to his realm until slain by Heracles
Argus Panoptes, a hundred-eyed giant tasked with guarding over Io
Chrysaor, a son of Medusa and Poseidon, sometimes said to be a giant, he was born alongside Pegasus by Perseus slashing their mother's head.
Cyclopes (Elder), three one-eyed giants who forged Zeus' thunderbolt, Hades' cap of invisibility, and Poseidon's storm-raising trident, they and the hekatoncheires were sons of Gaia and Uranus.
Arges
Brontes
Steropes
Cyclopes (Younger), one-eyed giants, they are the sons of Poseidon and very skilled blacksmiths, but not so much as elder ones.
Polyphemus, a cyclops who briefly captured Odysseus and his men, only to be overcome and blinded by the hero. For this reason, he is blind to this day.
The Gegenees, a tribe of six-armed giants fought by the Argonauts on Bear Mountain in Mysia.
Echidna, a giant monstrous women with upper body of a beautiful nymph, while the lower is a giant serpent, she is the wife of Typhon.
Geryon, a three-bodied giant who dwelt on the red island of Erytheia, son of Chrysaor and the oceanid Calirrhoe.
Gigantes (Giants), they are offspring of Gaia and the blood shed when Cronus castrated his father Uranus.
Hyperborean Giants, giants who lived at Hyperborea, they are usually a peaceful tribe.
The Hekatoncheires, the Hundred-Handed Ones, giants with fifty heads gods of violent storms and hurricanes, they defeated the titans at a war after the gods rescuing then from tartarus alongside their brothers, the cyclopes.
Briareus or Aigaion (Βριάρεως), The Vigorous
Cottus (Κόττος), The Furious
Gigges (Γύγης), The Big-Limbed
The Laestrygonians, a tribe of man-eating giants encountered by Odysseus on his travels.
Tityos, a giant slain by Apollo and Artemis when he attempted to violate their mother Leto.
Typhon, a monstrous immortal storm-giant who was defeated and imprisoned by Zeus under Mt. Etna. He is the husband of Echidna, and with her they are known as the "Parents of all monsters".
==Dragons==[2] The dragons of Greek mythology were serpentine monsters. They include the serpent-like Drakons, the marine-dwelling Cetea and the she-monster Dracaenae. Homer describes the dragons with wings and legs.The Colchian Dragon, an unsleeping dragon which guarded the Golden Fleece
Cychreides, a dragon which terrorised Salamis before being slain by Cychreus
Demeter's dragons, a pair of winged dragons that drew Demeter's chariot and, after having been given as a gist, Triptolemus's
Giantomachian dragon, a dragon that was thrown at Athena during the Giant war. She threw it into the sky where it became the constellation Draco
Lernaean Hydra, also known as King Hydra, a many-headed, serpent-like creature that guarded an Underworld entrance beneath Lake Lerna. It was destroyed by Heracles, in his second Labour. Son of Typhon and Echdina.
The Ismenian Dragon, a dragon which guarded the sacred spring of Ares near Thebes; it was slain by Cadmus
Ladon, a serpent-like dragon which guarded the Golden apples of immortality of the Hesperides
Maeonian Drakon, a dragon that lived in the kingdom of Lydia and that was killed by Damasen
Medea's dragons, a pair of flying dragons that pulled Medea's chariot. Born from the blood of the Titans
Nemean dragon, a dragon that guarded Zeus' sacred grove in Nemea
Ophiogenean dragon, a dragon that guarded Artemis' sacred grove in Mysia
Pitanian dragon, a dragon in Pitane, Aeolis, that was turned to stone by the gods
Python, a dragon which guarded the oracle of Delphi; it was slain by Apollo.
Rhodian dragons, serpents that inhabitied the island of Rhodes; they were killed by Phorbus
Thespian dragon, a dragon that terrorized the city of Thespiae in Boeotia
Trojan dragons, a pair of dragons sent by Poseidon to kill Laocoön and his sons in order to stop him from telling his people that the Wooden Horse was a trap.
Three-Headed Hydra, it is believed, as the offspring of the Lernaean Hydra, are multiple-headed aquatic and very poisonous dragons, like their father, more heads will grow by cutting one off.Drakons
Drakons ("δράκους" in Greek, "dracones" in Latin) were giant serpents, sometimes possessing multiple heads or able to breathe fire, but most just spit deadly venom.The Laconian Drakon was one of the most fearsome of all the drakons.
Cetea
Cetea were sea monsters. They were usually featured in myths of a hero rescuing a sacrificial princess.The Ethiopian Cetus was a sea monster sent by Poseidon to ravage Ethiopia and devour Andromeda, which was slain by Perseus
The Trojan Cetus was a sea monster that plagued Troy before being slain by Heracles.Dracaenae
The Dracaenae were monters that had the upper body of a beautiful woman and the lower body of any sort of dragon. Echidna, the mother of monsters, and Keto, the mother of sea-monsters are two famous dracaenae.Campe, a dracaena that was charged by Kronos with the job of guarding the gates of Tartarus; she was slain by Zeus when he rescued the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires from their prison
Keto, a marine goddess who was the mother of all sea monsters as well as Echidna and other dragons and monsters.
Echidna, Wife of Typhon and "Mother of All Monsters"
Echidna Argia, a dracaena that ravaged the kingdom of Argos; killed by Argus Panoptes
Poena, a dracaena sent by Apollo to ravage the kingdom of Argos as punishment for the death of his infant son Linos; killed by Coraebus.
Scythian Dracaena, the Dracaena queen of Scythia; she stole Geryon's cattle that Heracles was herding through the region and agreed to return them on condition he mate with her.
Scylla, a dracaena that was the lover of Poseidon, transformed by Circe into a monster that fed on passing sailors in the strait between herself and Charybdis
Sybaris, a draceana that lived on a mountain near Delphi, eating shepherds and passing travellers; she was pushed off the cliff by Eurybarus.~~
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List of Greek mythological creatures
RandomThe following is a list of creatures from Greek mythology. The list does not include gods and other divine and semi-divine figures (see List of Greek mythological figures).