Cattle of Geryon

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mythological herd mythological object object in Greek mythology

The Cattle of Geryon are the mythic herd of the three-bodied giant Geryon that Heracles was tasked with stealing as one of his Twelve Labors in Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cattle of Geryon canonical	4
Geryon’s cattle	1
Mares of Diomedes	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mythological herd ⓘ mythological object ⓘ object in Greek mythology ⓘ
appearsIn	later retellings of the Twelve Labors ⓘ
associatedDeityOrHero	Heracles ⓘ
associatedPlace	island of Erytheia ⓘ
associatedWith	Eurystheus ⓘ Eurytion ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Orthrus ⓘ island of Erytheia in the far west ⓘ
associatedWithLocation	Oceanus ⓘ surface form: Oceanus (mythic western ocean)
causeOfConflict	Creatures of Heracles ⓘ surface form: Heracles and Geryon
color	red ⓘ
commissionedBy	Eurystheus ⓘ
genre	heroic myth ⓘ
guardedBy	Geryon ⓘ Orthrus ⓘ
herdedBy	Eurytion ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Erytheia ⓘ far west of the known world ⓘ
mentionedIn	Greek mythology ⓘ Heracles cycle ⓘ surface form: myths of Heracles
mythologicalTradition	Greek ⓘ
narrativeRole	object to be stolen by Heracles ⓘ
ownedBy	Geryon ⓘ
partOf	Heracles cycle ⓘ surface form: Labors of Heracles Heracles cycle ⓘ surface form: Twelve Labors of Heracles
relatedMyth	Heracles killing Eurytion ⓘ Heracles killing Orthrus ⓘ Heracles slaying Geryon ⓘ
resultOfLabor	brought to Eurystheus ⓘ
symbolizes	Heracles’ strength and endurance ⓘ heroic conquest of distant lands ⓘ
takenBy	Heracles ⓘ
taskNumberInTwelveLabors	tenth labor ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heracles → labour → Cattle of Geryon ⓘ

Heracles cycle → includesCharacter → Cattle of Geryon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mares of Diomedes

Heracles cycle → includesCharacter → Cattle of Geryon ⓘ

Eurystheus → orderedLabor → Cattle of Geryon ⓘ

Capture of Cerberus → precededBy → Cattle of Geryon ⓘ

Orthrus → guardianOf → Cattle of Geryon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geryon’s cattle