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Definition of Typhoeus
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Typhoeus
Literary usage of Typhoeus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... when he the thunder throws, And fires typhoeus with redoubled blows, Ver. 95o.
As when angry Jove. ..."
2. Roman Antiquities and Ancient Mythology for Classical Schools by Charles Knapp Dillaway (1831)
"typhoeus afterwards fled into Sicily, where the god overwhelmed him with the ...
Historians report, that typhoeus was brother of Osiris, king of Egypt, who, ..."
3. The Story of Greece by James Albert Harrison (1885)
"typhoeus threw large masses of rock at him, and screamed with all his ...
Then typhoeus howled and dashed himself to the ground, rolling over and over to ..."
4. The Story of Greece by James Albert Harrison (1885)
"typhoeus threw large masses of rock at him, and screamed with all his ...
Then typhoeus howled and dashed himself to the ground, rolling over and over to ..."
5. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"Typhon (or typhoeus}; the Giants. — The sway of Zeus was not yet secure, for Gaia
had borne to Tartaros a monstrous son ..."
6. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1916)
"Typhon (or typhoeus); the Giants. — The sway of Zeus was not yet secure, for Gaia
had borne to Tartaros a monstrous son ..."
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