Geryon

NOUN
  1. (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules
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  • The great Greek hero Herakles, below, aims an arrow at his opponent Geryon on the opposite side of the vase, who is composed of three bodies. Stories in Clay: Decoding Ancient Greek Pottery
  • The placement is exceptional: The story of Herakles and Geryon enjoyed some popularity in vase painting, but the convention at the time was to show both figures on one side of the vase. Stories in Clay: Decoding Ancient Greek Pottery
  • It was also shown that what is called delamination -- the rise of the two primary germinal layers by the folding of the surface of the blastoderm (for instance, in the Geryonidae and other medusae) -- was a secondary formation, due to cenogenetic variations from the original invagination of the blastula. The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
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