The giant serpent TYPHON, child of Gaia and Tartarus, was the primal and most deadly chthonic monster of them all. He mated with the sea creature ECHIDNA. Their brood includes many, if not most, of the monsters that our heroes were sent out to defeat. THE NEMEAN LION, slain by Heracles. THE LERNAEAN HYDRA (serpentine guardian of the gates of hell), slain by Heracles. ORTHRUS (canine guardian of the cattle of Geryon), slain by Heracles. LADON (dragon guardian of the Apples of the Hesperides), slain by Heracles. CERBERUS (canine guardian of the gates of hell), borrowed by Heracles. THE CHIMERA,
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