Though neither Janus nor Cardea, this figure inaugurated the Athenian New Year, being capable of looking into the past and future at the same time.
Though neither Janus nor Cardea, this figure inaugurated the Athenian New Year, being capable of looking into the past and future at the same time. This figure was once owned by Atlas, but died on Mount Abas while serving a different master. According to Hesiod, this creature slept with his own mother and fathered the Hydra and the Sphinx by her. This child of Typhon and Echidna is represented by Sirius, and the herdsman Eurytion died trying to help this beast, who was clubbed to death by Heracles. For 10 points, identify this lesser brother of Cerberus, a two-headed dog who guarded the cattle of Geryon.
Though neither Janus nor Cardea, this figure inaugurated the Athenian New Year, being capable of looking into the past and future at the same time.
{Orthus} [or {Orthrus}, or {Orthos}, or {Orthros}]