GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex
GERYON (the three-bodied herdsman of the far west)
Monster · mythical king of far western Mediterranean
- Parents
- Chrysaor, Callirhoe
- Children
- Erytheia
- In the sources
- 30 ancient passages
In the myths
Heracles killed Geryon in sea-girt Erythea while driving his shambling oxen to Tiryns. Diodorus 5.17 +3 Eurystheus ordered Heracles to retrieve Geryon's cattle as his tenth labor. Diodorus 4.17 +1 Heracles fought Geryon beside the river Anthemus while driving away his cattle. Apollodorus 2.5.10 +1
Fate
Geryon was shot dead by Heracles during their battle in Erythea and left lying dead among his cattle. Apollodorus 2.5.10 +2
