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See also:GERYON (GERYONES, GERYONEUS) , in See also:Greek See also:mythology, the son of Chrysaor and See also:Callirrhoe, daughter of See also:Oceanus, and See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:island of Erytheia. He is represented as a See also:monster with three heads or three bodies (triformis, trigeminus), sometimes with wings, and as the owner of herds of red See also:cattle, which were
tended by the See also:giant shepherd Eurytion and the two-headed See also:dog Orthrus. To carry off these cattle to See also:Greece was one of the twelve " labours " imposed by Eurystheus upon Heracles. In See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to get See also:possession of them, Heracles travelled through See also:Europe and See also:Libya, set up the two pillars in the Straits of See also:Gibraltar to show the extent of his See also:journey, and reached the See also:great See also:river Oceanus. Having crossed Oceanus and landed on the island, Heracles slew Orthrus together with Eurytion, who in vain strove to defend him, and drove off the cattle. Geryon started in pursuit, but See also:fell a victim to the arrows of Heracles, who, after various adventures, succeeded in getting the cattle safe to Greece, where they were offered in See also:sacrifice to See also:Hera by Eurystheus. The See also:geographical position of Erytheia is unknown, but all See also:ancient authorities agree that it was in the far See also:west. The name itself (= red) and the See also:colour of the cattle suggest the fiery aspect of the disk of the setting See also:sun; further, Heracles crosses Oceanus in the See also:golden See also:cup or See also:boat of the sun-See also:god Helios. Geryon (from ynpuw,the See also:howler or roarer) is supposed to personify the See also:storm, his See also:father Chrysaor the See also:lightning, his See also:mother Callirrhoe the See also:rain. The cattle are the rain-clouds, and the slaying of their keepers typifies the victory of the sun over the clouds, or of See also:spring over See also:winter. The euhemeristic explanation of the struggle with the triple monster was that Heracles fought three See also:brothers in See also:succession.
See See also:Apollodorus ii. 5. 10; See also:Hesiod, Theogony, 287; Diod. Sic. iv. 17; See also:Herodotus iv. 8; F. Wieseler in See also:Ersch and See also:Gruber, Allgemeine Encyclopadie; F. A. Voigt in See also:Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie; L. See also:Preller, Griechische Mythologie; See also:article " See also:Hercules " in Daremberg and Saglio, Dictionnaire See also:des antiquites.
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