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Monsters
Important monsters in Mythology
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Literature
9th Grade
01/25/2009

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Pandora
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First woman on earth, gods endowed her with many gifts, she opened box letting out all the worlds troubles
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Cerberus
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Three headed dog that protected the underworld, child of Typhon and Echidna
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Hydra

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Nine headed serpeant, if head was pulled another would sprout, hercules pulled off middle head and lit the beast on fire
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Sphinx
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winged lion with a feminine head
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Circe
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has the ability to turn men into animals, odysseus encountered her but was immune so she lifted the spell of hhis men
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Charybdis
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sucked water in and out three times a day to create a whirlpool, was opposite Scylla on the Straight of Messina, once the beautiful nymph daughter of Poseidon
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Scylla
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Sat opposite of the Charybdis whirlpool on the straight of Messina, six headed monster, each time a ship passed the monster would eat six of the crew, it ate 6 of odysseus's men
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Sirens
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Head of a female and body of a bird, sang beautiful songs, with these songs they lured mariners to their destruction
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Cyclops
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Giants with one eye, bulging with muscle, claws, and wild hair, polythemus in odyssey traps odysseus and his crew.  Brontes, Arges and Steropes were originals
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Lotus Eaters
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People who had eaten the fruit of the Lotus Tree, those who ate the fruit immediately forgot about their friends, family and homes.
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Medusa
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Mortal gorgon, had snakes for hair and could turn people to stone with her stares.
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