Geryon was a triple-bodied giant who dwelt in the land of Erytheia at the ends of the earth
As
one of his labors Heracles who was sent to fetch Geryon's herds of cattle of
great worth
His
parents were the powerful-minded Khrysaor and
Kallirhoe daughter of glorious Okeanos
While
he guarded his fabulous cattle herds Geryon was accompanied by the hound
Orthrus
With
a single blow from his mighty club Heracles dispatched Orthrus the two-headed
hound
And
then with one poisoned arrow the giant three bodied Geryon fell dead to the
ground.
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