Talk:Geryon

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Ok so I want to add in Modern Appearances that Geryon is in Dante's Inferno.

" Geryon, merely described in Virgil's Aeneid as a "three-bodied shade" (he was a cruel king slain by Hercules), is one of Dante's most complex creatures. With an honest face, a colorful and intricately patterned reptilian hide, hairy paws, and a scorpion's tail, Geryon is an image of fraud (Inf. 17.7-27)--the realm to which he transports Dante and Virgil (circles 8 and 9). Strange as he is, Geryon offers some of the best evidence of Dante's attention to realism. The poet compares Geryon's upward flight to the precise movements of a diver swimming to the surface of the sea (Inf. 16.130-6), and he helps us imagine Geryon's descent by noting the sensation of wind rising from below and striking the face of a traveler in flight (Inf. 17.115-17). By comparing Geryon to a sullen, resentful falcon (Inf. 17.127-36), Dante also adds a touch of psychological realism to the episode: Geryon may in fact be bitter because he was tricked--when Virgil used Dante's knotted belt to lure the monster (Inf. 16.106-23)--into helping the travelers. Dante had used this belt--he informs us long after the fact (Inf. 16.106-8)--to try to capture the colorfully patterned leopard who impeded his ascent of the mountain in Inferno 1.31-3. "

from <http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/circle7.html>

Should I condense this and also give part of the citation, because anyone who had read the book, should know about Geryon in it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.161.233.2 (talk)

I'd recommend not using that ad verbatim, as Wikipedia doesn't allow the inclusion of copyrighted material (unless it is media, which a different story). I'd say rewrite it, cite it with {{cite web}}, and stick it in. (: Blast ^{[improve me]} 17.05.07 1302 (UTC)

Asterisms

Uh, this section doesn't appear to be relevant to Geryon... Why is it here?--Mr Fink 04:54, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Local myths

I think that could be a good idea add a reference to Coruña local myth refered to the Tower of Hercules. This myth says that Hercules buried Geryon head down the Tower of Hercules. In the same way, this legend appear on the coat of arms of A Coruña, as it showed the tower the Hercules and Gerion's skull

This all is documented on the wikipedia page about the Tower of Hercules Infapi00 (talk) 07:48, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

@Infapi00:: Done. --Error (talk) 19:15, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Help ! Something is really wrong with the physical portrait of Geryon

The article says : "Geryon was often described as a monster with human faces. Geryon had one head and three bodies with a total of two arms." The one head, three bodies part is inconsistent. If he has "human faces", how comes he has one head? The illustration as most which can be found shows three heads, three bodies, six arms, two or six legs. According to Hesiode's Theogonia, he had three heads. Can someone check this and edit it? As I'm not a native english speaker (nor writer), I feel I should not do it myself.

Thank you for the good job already done, Paul ghaust (talk) 09:56, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Mythical founder of Corunna (A Coruña)

It's the local foundation legend. See Tower of Hercules. As pointed out beforehand by another contributor. Geryon's skull and bones are part of the local coat of arms.

Description in Dante's Inferno

The article says that in Dante's Inferno Geryon has "the body of a wyvern." I'm not sure what the source for this is. The article cites the Hollander translation, which says he has "the body of a serpent," as does the Mandelbaum translation. There may be another translation that uses wyvern, but I'm not aware of it. 96.38.103.108 (talk) 17:41, 17 August 2024 (UTC)