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👤 Typhon

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Information
son of Ge
Wikidata
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180237
Trismegistos
https://www.trismegistos.org/name/19634
Digital LIMC
https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/FtB=b1xIRVKf1C0LpuiWTQW
Gender
Male
Appearance and powers
Has hybrid formHas monstrous form
Birth
Born by parthenogenesisBirth is narrated
Death
Death is narrated
Son of
👤 Ge👤 Tartaros (personification)👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Hera
Father of
👤 Phaia (sow)👤 the Chimaira👤 Orthos (dog)👤 Ladon (serpent)👤 the Caucasian Eagle👤 Sphinx👤 Cerberos (dog)👤 the Hydra👤 the Nemean Lion
Husband of
👤 Echidna
Has children with
👤 Echidna
Born at
🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor)
Belongs to
👥 the Giants
Eponym of
🌍 River Typhon (alt. Orontes)
Ruler of
🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians🌍 Egypt
Creates
🌍 River Orontes (Syria)
Kills
👤 Osiris
Wounded by
👤 Zeus (Olympian)🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus
Dies at
🌍 Antaios (Egypt)🌍 Phrygia🌍 Catacecaumene (Mysia)
Killed by
👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Isis👤 Horus🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus
Buried at
🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily)🌍 the Land of the Arimoi (unlocatable)🌍 Pithecoussai (island)🌍 Hyde (Lydia)🌍 Assyria🌍 the Arima Mountains (Cilicia)🏛️ the Corycian Cave (Cilicia)🌍 the Promontory of Sarpedon (Cilicia)🌍 Cumae (Campania)🌍 Sicily (island)🌍 the Lipari Islands (Sicily)🌍 Dicaiarchia (Italy)🌍 Naples (Italy)🌍 Baiai (Campania)🌍 Pelorias (Sicily)🌍 Cape Pachynos (Sicily)🌍 Lilbaion (Sicily)🌍 Catacecaumene (Mysia)
Buried by
👤 Zeus (Olympian)
Dwelling
🏛️ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia)
Related entities
👤 Phaia (sow)👤 Echidna👤 Ge👤 Tartaros (personification)🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor)🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos👤 Zeus (Olympian)🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus🌍 Egypt🌍 Mount Casios (Assyria)👤 Delphyne (Cilician)🏛️ the Corycian Cave (Cilicia)👤 Aigipan👤 Hermes🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace)🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily)🌍 Mount Nysa (unlocatable)👥 the Moirai👤 the Chimaira👤 Orthos (dog)👤 Ladon (serpent)👤 the Caucasian Eagle👤 Sphinx🌍 the Land of the Arimoi (unlocatable)👤 Cerberos (dog)👤 the Hydra🌍 Tartaros👥 the Giants🌍 Pithecoussai (island)👤 Atlas👥 the Charites👥 the Horai👤 Hera👤 Python👤 Ouranos👥 the Titans🏛️ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia)👥 the Olympian Gods👤 Hephaistos👤 Hesychia (personification)👤 Aphrodite👤 Apollo👤 Isis👤 Osiris🌍 Antaios (Egypt)👤 Horus🌍 Phrygia👤 Mylinos👤 Mousaios (Cretan)🌍 River Typhon (alt. Orontes)🌍 River Orontes (Syria)👤 Coios (Titan)👤 Ephialtes (Boiotian)👤 Iapetos👤 Otos (Boiotian)🌍 Hyde (Lydia)🌍 Assyria🌍 Catacecaumene (Mysia)🌍 the Promontory of Sarpedon (Cilicia)🌍 the Arima Mountains (Cilicia)🌍 Sicily (island)🌍 Naples (Italy)🌍 the Lipari Islands (Sicily)🌍 Baiai (Campania)🌍 Cumae (Campania)🌍 Dicaiarchia (Italy)👤 Artemis👤 Dionysos (Olympian)🌍 Lilbaion (Sicily)🌍 Pelorias (Sicily)🌍 Cape Pachynos (Sicily)👤 Hades🌍 the Underworld👤 Heracles👤 Leto👤 Ares👤 Athena🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians👤 the Nemean Lion
Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.1-1.4📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.6.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.3.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.10📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.11📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.8📖 Homer, Iliad 2.780-2.785📖 Hesiod, Theogony 306-332📖 Hesiod, Theogony 820-835📖 Hesiod, Theogony 836-885📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 662-711📖 Pausanias 3.18.10📖 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 300-355📖 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 356-374📖 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 486-520📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 343-375📖 Pindar, Olympian 4 1-27📖 Pindar, Pythian 1 13-29📖 Pindar, Pythian 8 1-20📖 Diodoros, Library 1.13.1-1.14.4📖 Diodoros, Library 1.21.1-1.21.11📖 Strabo 13.4.6📖 Pomponius Mela 1.76📖 Diodoros, Library 5.71.1-5.71.6📖 Strabo 16.2.7📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.253-3.315📖 Vergil, Georgics 1.276-1.286📖 Strabo 13.4.11📖 Strabo 5.4.9📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 820-833📖 Strabo 12.8.19📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1351-1361📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.250-5.331📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.332-5.384📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 28📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.1-14.39📖 Diodoros, Library 1.88.1-1.88.7📖 Pliny, Natural History 2.91📖 Pliny, Natural History 3.82📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.1📖 Ovid, Heroides 15
Mentioned in text
Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadHesiod, TheogonyLycophron, AlexandraPausanias Homeric Hymn 3 to ApolloAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesAeschylus, Prometheus BoundPindar, Olympian 4Pindar, Pythian 1Pindar, Pythian 8Diodoros, LibraryStraboPomponius MelaOvid, MetamorphosesVergil, GeorgicsAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural HistoryOvid, Heroides
Reported to be mentioned in text
Hesiod, TheogonyPindarHomer, IliadPindar, Pythian 1Demetrios of ScepsisCallisthenesXanthos of LydiaNicander
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Hesiod, Theogony 306-332📖 Pindar fr. 93 Snell-Maehler📖 Homer, Iliad 2.780-2.785📖 Pindar, Pythian 1 13-29📖 Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 39📖 Pindar fr. 92 Snell-Maehler📖 Callisthenes FGrHist 124 fr. 33📖 Xanthos of Lydia FGrHist 765 fr. 13📖 Nicander fr. 59 Gow-Scholfield
Depictions
🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1801; LIMC Achilleus 376)🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8882)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8429)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B7515)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B5124)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B2328)🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8384)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B987; LIMC Achilleus 377)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B6570)🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1888)🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B988; LIMC Achilleus 376)🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1973)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B316)🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1975)🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8367)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B977)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4081)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B3638)🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1643)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1642)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8794)🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1912; LIMC Achilleus 377)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1803; LIMC Achilleus 377)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4962; LIMC Achilleus 376)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B466)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B519, B624)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4477)🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8364)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1802)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B315)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1636)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from the Sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia (LIMC Aigisthos 3)🎨 Fragments of Gilded Silver Diadem (Getty 83.AM.343)🏺 the Shield of Hippomedon
Reported depictions
🎨 Sculptured Images on the Throne of Apollo at Amyclai (LIMC Acheloos 219)
Relevant to local traditions reported from
🌍 Egypt
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