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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 personification of Earth👤 Tartaros (personification) personification of Tartaros👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Hera Olympian goddess
Father of
👤 Phaia (sow) killed by Theseus in Crommyon👤 the Chimaira fire-breathing monster👤 Orthos (dog) Geryon's two-headed guard dog👤 Ladon (serpent) serpent guarding the Golden Apples👤 the Caucasian Eagle eats Prometheus' liver👤 Sphinx monster that terrorises Thebes👤 Cerberos (dog) three-headed guardian dog of the underworld👤 the Hydra killed by Heracles👤 the Nemean Lion invulnerable lion
Husband of
👤 Echidna monstrous serpent
Has children with
👤 Echidna monstrous serpent
Born at
🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor) region in Asia Minor
Belongs to
👥 the Giants
Eponym of
🌍 River Typhon (alt. Orontes) alternative name for River Orontes
Ruler of
🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional🌍 Egypt region in North Africa
Creates
🌍 River Orontes (Syria) river in Syria
Kills
👤 Osiris Egyptian god
Wounded by
👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos created by Ge🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus
Dies at
🌍 Antaios (Egypt) city and nome in Egypt🌍 the Land of the Arimoi (unlocatable) unlocatable region, associated with Typhon🌍 Phrygia region in Anatolia🌍 Catacecaumene (Mysia) region in Mysia whose name means "burnt"
Killed by
👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Isis Egyptian goddess👤 Horus Egyptian god🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus
Buried at
🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) mountain on Sicily🌍 the Land of the Arimoi (unlocatable) unlocatable region, associated with Typhon🌍 Pithecoussai (island) island in the Tyrrhenian Sea🌍 Hyde (Lydia) unlocatable city in Lydia, perhaps later Sardis🌍 Assyria region🌍 the Arima Mountains (Cilicia) unlocatable mountains near the River Calycadnos🏛️ the Corycian Cave (Cilicia)🌍 the Promontory of Sarpedon (Cilicia) promontory in Cilicia🌍 Cumae (Campania) Greek colony in Campania🌍 Sicily (island) island near Italy🌍 the Lipari Islands (Sicily) islands off Sicily🌍 Dicaiarchia (Italy) Greek colony, later Puteoli🌍 Naples (Italy) city in Italy🌍 Baiai (Campania) city in Campania🌍 Pelorias (Sicily) promontory on the Strait of Messina🌍 Cape Pachynos (Sicily) promontory in south-west Sicily🌍 Lilbaion (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 Catacecaumene (Mysia) region in Mysia whose name means "burnt"
Buried by
👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god
Dwelling
🏛️ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia)
Related entities
👤 Phaia (sow) killed by Theseus in Crommyon👤 Echidna monstrous serpent👤 Ge personification of Earth👤 Tartaros (personification) personification of Tartaros🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor) region in Asia Minor🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos created by Ge👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus🌍 Egypt region in North Africa🌍 Mount Casios (Assyria) mountain on the modern border between Turkey and Syria, where Typhon wounds Zeus👤 Delphyne (Cilician) dragon set to guard Zeus in Cilicia🏛️ the Corycian Cave (Cilicia)👤 Aigipan a she-goat👤 Hermes Olympian god🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace) mountain range in Thrace🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) mountain on Sicily🌍 Mount Nysa (unlocatable) unlocatable mountain associated with Dionysos👥 the Moirai the Fates👤 the Chimaira fire-breathing monster👤 Orthos (dog) Geryon's two-headed guard dog👤 Ladon (serpent) serpent guarding the Golden Apples👤 the Caucasian Eagle eats Prometheus' liver👤 Sphinx monster that terrorises Thebes🌍 the Land of the Arimoi (unlocatable) unlocatable region, associated with Typhon👤 Cerberos (dog) three-headed guardian dog of the underworld👤 the Hydra killed by Heracles🌍 Tartaros place of punishment👥 the Giants🌍 Pithecoussai (island) island in the Tyrrhenian Sea👤 Atlas holds up the sky as punishment👥 the Charites personifications of grace, sometimes singular ('Charis')👥 the Horai personifications of natural order👤 Hera Olympian goddess👤 Python guardian serpent at Delphi, killed by Apollo👤 Ouranos father of Cronos👥 the Titans children of Ouranos and Ge🏛️ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia)👥 the Olympian Gods👤 Hephaistos Olympian god👤 Hesychia (personification) personification of quiet👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Isis Egyptian goddess👤 Osiris Egyptian god🌍 Antaios (Egypt) city and nome in Egypt👤 Horus Egyptian god🌍 Phrygia region in Anatolia👤 Mylinos Cretan giant👤 Mousaios (Cretan) Cretan giant described by Diodoros🌍 River Typhon (alt. Orontes) alternative name for River Orontes🌍 River Orontes (Syria) river in Syria👤 Coios (Titan) Titan👤 Ephialtes (Boiotian) one of the Aloadai👤 Iapetos Titan👤 Otos (Boiotian) one of the Aloadai🌍 Hyde (Lydia) unlocatable city in Lydia, perhaps later Sardis🌍 Assyria region🌍 Catacecaumene (Mysia) region in Mysia whose name means "burnt"🌍 the Promontory of Sarpedon (Cilicia) promontory in Cilicia🌍 the Arima Mountains (Cilicia) unlocatable mountains near the River Calycadnos🌍 Sicily (island) island near Italy🌍 Naples (Italy) city in Italy🌍 the Lipari Islands (Sicily) islands off Sicily🌍 Baiai (Campania) city in Campania🌍 Cumae (Campania) Greek colony in Campania🌍 Dicaiarchia (Italy) Greek colony, later Puteoli👤 Artemis Olympian goddess👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 Lilbaion (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 Pelorias (Sicily) promontory on the Strait of Messina🌍 Cape Pachynos (Sicily) promontory in south-west Sicily👤 Hades Underworld god🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero👤 Leto mother of Artemis and Apollo👤 Ares Olympian god👤 Athena Olympian goddess🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional👤 the Nemean Lion invulnerable 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📖 Pindar fr. 92 Snell-Maehler📖 Pindar fr. 93 Snell-Maehler📖 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 13.4.6📖 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, LibraryPindarPomponius MelaStraboOvid, MetamorphosesVergil, GeorgicsAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural HistoryOvid, Heroides
Reported to be mentioned in text
Hesiod, TheogonyHomer, IliadPindar, Pythian 1Demetrios of ScepsisPindarCallisthenesXanthos of LydiaNicander
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Hesiod, Theogony 306-332📖 Homer, Iliad 2.780-2.785📖 Pindar, Pythian 1 13-29📖 Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 39📖 Pindar fr. 92 Snell-Maehler📖 Pindar fr. 93 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 region in North Africa
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