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<blockquote data-quote="CCamfield" data-source="post: 1599320" data-attributes="member: 8123"><p>This is really great, Shadowdragon! I know I'm going to be swiping your list of monsters for my own OGL Ancients purposes.</p><p></p><p>Are the catoblepas really from Greek myth? I don't recall anything involving them, but they may have come up in a historical work. Hey, now that I think of Herodotus, he describes <em>giant ants</em> from whom some eastern people steal gold dust. Alternatively, he said, they may have had gold mines. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I don't think that cockatrices, basilisks, elementals, hippogriffs, or stirges are from Greek myth. They didn't actually have dragons, either - some translations use "dragon" but more accurately they were giant snakes (really, really, big...). I don't remember if they could breathe fire or not. </p><p></p><p>Giant eagles? You could have giant vultures instead if you prefer... I think the animal that ate Prometheus' liver varied between those two. </p><p></p><p>The manticore, so far as I know, is medieval, not Greco-Roman. <a href="http://www.pantheon.org" target="_blank">www.pantheon.org</a> mentions it living in (coming from?) south-east Asia.</p><p></p><p>Skeletons show up in some of the old movies (Clash of the Titans? Jason and the Argonauts at least) but I don't think they actually stem from Greek myth.</p><p></p><p>I think with dire boar and dire lion, a dire bull might be appropriate. Jason had to plow a field with two big bulls that were fire-breathing, and both Heracles and Theseus had to deal with bulls.</p><p></p><p>When Heracles fought the Hydra, a <em>crab</em> tried to interfere on the hydra's behalf. Must have been giant, or Large anyway. </p><p></p><p>Sciron the robber was supposed to have asked people to stop and wash his feet, and when they did so, he'd kick them off the cliff to the water, where a <em>giant turtle</em> would eat them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CCamfield, post: 1599320, member: 8123"] This is really great, Shadowdragon! I know I'm going to be swiping your list of monsters for my own OGL Ancients purposes. Are the catoblepas really from Greek myth? I don't recall anything involving them, but they may have come up in a historical work. Hey, now that I think of Herodotus, he describes [i]giant ants[/i] from whom some eastern people steal gold dust. Alternatively, he said, they may have had gold mines. :) I don't think that cockatrices, basilisks, elementals, hippogriffs, or stirges are from Greek myth. They didn't actually have dragons, either - some translations use "dragon" but more accurately they were giant snakes (really, really, big...). I don't remember if they could breathe fire or not. Giant eagles? You could have giant vultures instead if you prefer... I think the animal that ate Prometheus' liver varied between those two. The manticore, so far as I know, is medieval, not Greco-Roman. [url]www.pantheon.org[/url] mentions it living in (coming from?) south-east Asia. Skeletons show up in some of the old movies (Clash of the Titans? Jason and the Argonauts at least) but I don't think they actually stem from Greek myth. I think with dire boar and dire lion, a dire bull might be appropriate. Jason had to plow a field with two big bulls that were fire-breathing, and both Heracles and Theseus had to deal with bulls. When Heracles fought the Hydra, a [i]crab[/i] tried to interfere on the hydra's behalf. Must have been giant, or Large anyway. Sciron the robber was supposed to have asked people to stop and wash his feet, and when they did so, he'd kick them off the cliff to the water, where a [i]giant turtle[/i] would eat them. [/QUOTE]
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