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| First woman on earth, gods endowed her with many gifts, she opened box letting out all the worlds troubles |
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| Three headed dog that protected the underworld, child of Typhon and Echidna |
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| Nine headed serpeant, if head was pulled another would sprout, hercules pulled off middle head and lit the beast on fire |
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| winged lion with a feminine head |
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| has the ability to turn men into animals, odysseus encountered her but was immune so she lifted the spell of hhis men |
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| sucked water in and out three times a day to create a whirlpool, was opposite Scylla on the Straight of Messina, once the beautiful nymph daughter of Poseidon |
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| Sat opposite of the Charybdis whirlpool on the straight of Messina, six headed monster, each time a ship passed the monster would eat six of the crew, it ate 6 of odysseus's men |
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| Head of a female and body of a bird, sang beautiful songs, with these songs they lured mariners to their destruction |
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| Giants with one eye, bulging with muscle, claws, and wild hair, polythemus in odyssey traps odysseus and his crew. Brontes, Arges and Steropes were originals |
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| People who had eaten the fruit of the Lotus Tree, those who ate the fruit immediately forgot about their friends, family and homes. |
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| Mortal gorgon, had snakes for hair and could turn people to stone with her stares. |
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