Orthrus

animal_ally earth Greek single tradition · 3

Orthrus is the guard of the magnificent Cattle of Geryon.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 200
Historical notes
Attested in Hesiod's Theogony.

Relationships

serves
Geryon
parent of
sphinxes, Nemean lion
child of
Echidna, Typhon

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Sources

Source passages

“The Cattle of Geryon, magnificent cattle guarded by Orthrus.”

#4604 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Orthrus (Greek) – Two-headed dog”

#5157 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“First there was Orthrus, the two-headed dog who guarded the Cattle of Geryon, second Cerberus, the multiheaded dog who guarded the gates of Hades, and third the Lernaean Hydra, the many-headed serpent who, when one of its heads was cut off, grew two back.”

#6196 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001