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Geryon

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A king of Erytheia (i. e . red island), on the western borders of the world, with three bodies and three heads, who had a herd of oxen guarded by a giant shepherd and his dog, the two-throated Orthros, which were carried off by Hercules at the behest of his fate.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Geryon'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/geryon.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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