There are a lot of various mythical creatures that are mentioned in the myths of Ancient Greece.
Each and every creature has its own purpose in the myths and stories. They are featuring with their supernatural attributes, abilities and powers.
Most of these mythical creatures are closely related to gods and are often sent by the gods to perform a certain task, such as protecting someone or something or just the opposite, to terrorise something or someone.
6. Sirenes
Corps d'oiseau et la tête de femme. Charmaient les hommes de leurs chants pour les entrainer vers une vaste
prairie, couverte des ossements et de chairs desséchées des infortunés marins qui les avaient précédés...
Sirens
Birds with women's heads, bird feathers and scaly feet. Dangerous creatures, who lured nearby sailors with
their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island.
10. Harpies
Corps d'oiseau et tête de femmes. Plus rapides que le vent, invulnérables, caquetantes, elles dévorent tout
sur leur passage, ne laissant que leurs excréments.
Harpies
Heads of women and bodies of birds. Have a nasty habit of swooping down from the sky, snatching whatever
food, and pooping on the remains.
11. PERRIER, François
Enée et ses
compagnons
combattant les Harpies
Aeneas and his
Companions Fighting
the Harpies
1646-1647
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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14. QUELLINUS, Erasmus II
The Persecution of the
Harpies
La persécution des harpies
1630
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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16. Minotaure
Corps d'un homme et tête d'un taureau. Né d'une très troublée relation, passe sa vie pris au piège dans
le Labyrinthe, mangeant sacrifice humain, jusqu'à qu'il soit tué par Thésée.
Minotaur
Body of a man and head of a bull. Born out of a very troubled relationship, spent his life trapped in
the Labyrinth, dining human sacrifices, until was finally slain by the Theseus.
19. MAÎTRE des Cassoni Campana
Thésée et le Minotaure
Theseus and the Minotaur
1510
Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon
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23. Méduse
Laideur repoussante, chevelure faite de serpents entrelacés et tous ceux qui la regarde dans les yeux se
transforme instantanément en pierre. Devenu célèbre quand Persée lui a tranché la tête (avec un peu d'aide de
la déesse Athéna).
Medusa
Medusa and her Gorgon sisters, are totally revolting. They have snakes for hair and anyone who looks them
in the eyes instantly turns into stone. Medusa became famous when the Perseus chopped off her head (with
a little help from the goddess Athena).
24. RUBENS, Peter Paul
The Head of Medusa
Tête de Méduse
1617
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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27. Centaure
Torse et la tête humaine, membres et le corps d'un cheval. Brutaux et sauvages, leur amour immodéré du vin
et des femmes les rendaient redoutables à tous ceux qui croisaient leur chemin.
Chiron n'est pas un de ces centaures rustres et grossiers. Sage, bon, instruit et un excellent précepteur pour
de nombreux héros: Jason, Actéon, Achille ou Enée.
Centaur
Head and torso of a human and the body of a horse. The most famous tribe lives on Mt, where they spend most
of their time galloping around, swilling wine, swiping women, and hitting things with rocks.
Note: Chiron, the gentle centaur and teacher of the stars, was totally different from his wild cousins.
39. Cerbère
Grand limier avec trois têtes de chiot, des griffes de lion et une crinière de serpents. Il fut adopté par Hadès,
le Seigneur des morts, et il est maintenant un employé rémunéré en tant que gardien des enfers ...
Cerberus
Big, crazy hellhound with three doggy heads, lion claws, and a mane of snakes. Luckily for Cerberus,
he was adopted by Hades, Lord of the Dead, and is now gainfully employed as the watchdog of the Underworld ....
40. BOSCH, Hieronymus
Cerberus (detail), Triptych of
Garden of Earthly Delights (right
wing)
Cerbère (détail), Le Jardin des
délices, (panneau droit)
1500
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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44. Cyclope
Les cyclopes pasteurs incarnent une génération loin d'être aussi brillante que les ouraniens. Le Cyclope Polyphème
est surtout connu pour sa lutte contre Ulysse et pour tomber amoureux de la charmante Galatée qui le trouva
trop rustre à son gout.
Cyclope
One of the main branches of the Cyclops are Cyclops shepherds with a taste for man-flesh. This tribe became
famous when Odysseus stuck a rather sharp stick in the eye of a Cyclops named Polyphemus.
57. Érinyes (Furies)
Déesses de la Vengeance du crime, ne reconnaissaient pas l’autorité des dieux et n’avaient d’autre lois que
les leurs. Aucune prière, aucun sacrifice, aucun objet sacré ne pouvait les détournait de leur poursuite.
Erinyes (Furies)
Furious, snaky-haired, bloody-eyed ladies. Their favorite methods of punishment include driving people insane,
blighting big stretches of countryside, and blasting whole cities with plague.
58. BOUGUEREAU, William-
Adolphe
Les remords d' Oreste ou
Oreste poursuivi par les
Furies
The Remorse of Orestes or
Orestes Pursued by the
Furies
1862
Chrysler Museum of Art,
Norfolk
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60. Satyre
Compagnons de Pan et Dionysos. Ce qu'ils aiment le plus est boire, danser, et de le faire avec n'importe quelle
nymphe volontaire (ou pas tellement volontaire). Certains ont acquis une notoriété individuelle comme Silenus.
Satyr
What satyrs loved best was to drink, dance, play music, and get it on with every willing (or not-so-willing)
nymph who happened to be around. Some have gained notoriety individual as Silenus.
65. DYCK, Sir Anthony
van, Attributed
Drunken Silenus
supported by
Satyrs
Silène ivre soutenu
par des satyres
1620
National Gallery,
London
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68. Sphinx
Visage et la poitrine d'une femme, pattes et la queue d'un lion, et les ailes d'un oiseau. Installé sur un rocher, posait
une énigme aux voyageurs. Ceux qui n'arrivaient pas à résoudre son énigme étaient immédiatement tués et dévorés.
Sphinx
Face and chest of a woman, paws and tail of a lion and the wings of a bird. Sitting on a rock, the monster asked
a riddle. Those who could not solve the riddle were immediately killed and devoured.
71. MOREAU, Gustave
Oedipe et le Sphinx
Oedipus and the Sphinx
1864
Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York
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Greek mythological creatures. Famous Paintings
Créatures fantastiques de la mythologie grecque. Tableaux
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76. Pour les amateurs de créatures hideuses, monstrueuses et sanguinolentes les monstres les plus
inimaginables qui existent dans la mythologie grecque.
Fascination, pouvoir surnaturel, caractéristiques physiques insolites, paradoxalement ces créatures
séduisent.
77. There are a lot of various mythical creatures that are mentioned in the myths of Ancient Greece.
Each and every creature has its own purpose in the myths and stories. They are featuring with their
supernatural attributes, abilities and powers.
Most of these mythical creatures are closely related to gods and are often sent by the gods to perform a
certain task, such as protecting someone or something or just the opposite, to terrorise something or
someone.
Some of them were violent towards everyone, attacking and terrorizing nearby lands, some only engaged
in a battle when their task was compromised, while others were peaceful creatures, often interacting with
humans by serving or helping them.