Geryon’s Family Tree

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Family

• Callirrhoe(parent),Chrysaor(parent)— Consort

  Chrysaor and the Oceanid Callirrhoe were the parents of Geryon, the three-bodied giant of Erytheia, according to Hesiod's Theogony.

Guarded by

• Orthrus

  Orthrus guarded the magnificent red cattle of Geryon on the island of Erytheia, serving as the giant's two-headed watchdog at the far western edge of the world.

Slain by

• Heracles

  Heracles slew Geryon, the three-bodied giant, as his tenth labor to seize the cattle of Erytheia.

Associated with

• Eurystheus

  Eurystheus commanded Heracles to steal Geryon's cattle as the Tenth Labor, believing the journey to the edge of the world and battle with the three-bodied giant would prove fatal.