Orthrus

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creature from Greek mythology monster in Greek mythology mythological dog

Orthrus is a two-headed dog from Greek mythology, often associated with the giant Geryon and slain by the hero Heracles.

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Label	Occurrences
Orthrus canonical	7

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	creature from Greek mythology ⓘ monster in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological dog ⓘ
associatedPlace	far west of the known world ⓘ
associatedWith	Geryon ⓘ
category	Greek legendary creatures ⓘ Creatures of Heracles ⓘ surface form: Monsters of Heracles Mythological dogs ⓘ
event	slain in the cattle raid of Geryon ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
guarded	red cattle of Geryon ⓘ
guardianOf	Cattle of Geryon ⓘ surface form: Geryon’s cattle
hasBodyPart	dog’s body ⓘ two heads ⓘ
hasHeadsLike	Cerberus ⓘ
hasNumberOfHeads	2 ⓘ
hasTrait	ferocious ⓘ loyal to Geryon ⓘ
isChildOf	Echidna ⓘ Typhoeus ⓘ surface form: Typhon
killedBy	Heracles ⓘ
killedDuring	Tenth Labour of Heracles ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
livesIn	Erytheia ⓘ
mentionedBy	Hesiod ⓘ Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ surface form: Pseudo-Apollodorus
mentionedIn	Bibliotheca ⓘ Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ surface form: Theogony
mythologicalTradition	Greek ⓘ
nameInGreek	Όρθρος ⓘ
opposedBy	Heracles ⓘ
parentType	chthonic monsters ⓘ
role	guardian ⓘ
serves	Geryon ⓘ
sibling	Cerberus ⓘ Chimera ⓘ Gorgon ⓘ Hydra ⓘ Ladon ⓘ Nemean Lion ⓘ Sphinx ⓘ
species	dog ⓘ
weaponUsedAgainst	bow of Heracles ⓘ club of Heracles ⓘ

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

Echidna → parentOf → Orthrus ⓘ

Cerberus → hasSibling → Orthrus ⓘ

Chimera → parentOf → Orthrus ⓘ

GreekMonsters → includes → Orthrus ⓘ

Cattle of Geryon → guardedBy → Orthrus ⓘ

Cattle of Geryon → associatedWith → Orthrus ⓘ

LernaeanHydra → sibling → Orthrus ⓘ