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  • On Lerna's murderous hound, the many-headed hydra, he set his branding-iron, and smeared its venom on his darts, wherewith he slew the shepherd of Erytheia, a monster with three bodies;

    Heracles 2008

  • On Lerna's murderous hound, the many-headed hydra, he set his branding-iron, and smeared its venom on his darts, wherewith he slew the shepherd of Erytheia, a monster with three bodies;

    Heracles 2008

  • The local story is that when Heracles came from Erytheia driving the oxen and gave the inhabitants the choice, they chose salt in preference to fish.

    Meteorology 2002

  • He was born in a British hamlet called Nether Wallop ( "Not to be confused with Middle Wallop or Over Wallop"), and once upon a time he was a top energen physicist for Sheltok Concern on Erytheia.

    Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998

  • Erytheia and take away from Geryoneus, the monster that had three bodies instead of one, the herd of red cattle that the two-headed hound

    The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum 1926

  • Beyond him stretched the Stream of Ocean; the Island of Erytheia was there, but Heracles thought that the bull would not be able to bear him so far.

    The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum 1926

  • Beyond him stretched the Stream of Ocean; the Island of Erytheia was there, but Heracles thought that the bull would not be able to bear him so far.

    Part III. The Heroes of the Quest. Chapter IV. The Life and Labors of Heracles. I 1921

  • Erytheia, and supporting the load of Atlas, and clearing the land of

    Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two 1885

  • Erytheia (the red), so called because it lay at the west, under the rays of the setting sun.

    The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

  • Erytheia (the red), so called because it lay at the west, under the rays of the setting sun.

    The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

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