geryon
/ˈdʒɛriən/
noun
- In Greek mythology, a giant with three bodies who owned a herd of red cattle, slain by Heracles as one of his twelve labors.
- In the myth, Geryon lived on the island of Erytheia in the far west.
- Heracles' tenth labor was to steal the cattle of Geryon.
- Ancient art sometimes depicts Geryon as a warrior with three heads and six arms.