…When Typhon returned with the now docile dog, Eurystheus was so frightened that he had him sent back to the underworld. The firstborn of Typhon and Echidna was a two-headed dog called Orthros, who had had sex with Echidna and gave birth to the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion, both of which were fearsome monsters. On the island of Erytheia, at the western edge of the world, Orthros was guarding a herd of cattle belonging to the three-headed, six-limbed giant Geryon, but was easily defeated by Hercules, who had traveled a long way to retrieve the herd as one of his 12 labors. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Orthros" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…そして従順になった犬を従えて帰ったところが,それを見てエウリュステウスは震え上がって,すぐにまた冥府に戻させたという。このテュフォンとエキドナの長子は,オルトロスOrthrosと呼ばれる怪物の犬で,二つの頭をもち,エキドナと母子姦して,どちらも恐ろしい怪物であるスフィンクスとネメアのライオンを生ませた。世界の西の果てにあるエリュテイア島で,頭が三つで手足がそれぞれ6本ずつあった巨人ゲリュオンGēryōnの所有する牛の大群の番をしていたが,12の功業の一つとしてこの牛群を奪ってくることを命じられてはるばる旅してきたヘラクレスにより,なんなく退治されてしまったという。… ※「Orthros」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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