Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Typhoes, Medusa, Ekhidna, Lamia

Snakes have fascinating the human imagination longer than just ancient Greece, but the creatures of ancient myth still fascinate us to this day. So let's take a deep dive into some well known and lesser known anguiforms in Greek mythology.

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Sources:

Ogden, D. (2013). Drakōn: Dragon myth and serpent cult in the greek and Roman Worlds. Oxford University Press.
theoi.com/Gigante/Typhoeus.html
theoi.com/Text/NonnusDionysiaca1.html
theoi.com/Ther/DrakainaEkhidna1.html
theoi.com/Text/HesiodTheogony.html#3
theoi.com/Ther/KuonOrthros.html
theoi.com/Ther/Khimaira.html
theoi.com/Pontios/Gorgones.html
theoi.com/Titan/GorgoAix.html
theoi.com/Phasma/Empousai.html