Geryon
Also known as: Geryones
Basic account
Three-bodied giant of the far west whose cattle Heracles stole.
Account
Geryon has three bodies joined at the waist, or three heads on one trunk, depending on who is describing him. He keeps a herd of red cattle on an island at the western edge of the world, and Heracles is sent to take them.
Motifs
- Excess of body
- The giant as guardian
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What is disputed
How Geryon's body is arranged is genuinely inconsistent.
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Sources
- Hesiod, Theogony 287-294, 979-983
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