Dracaenae

 

The Dracaenae were monters that had the upper body of a beautiful woman and the lower body of any sort of dragon. Echidna, the mother of monsters, and Keto, the mother of sea-monsters are two famous dracaenae.

• Campe, a dracaena that was charged by Kronos with the job of guarding the gates of Tartarus; she was slain by -Zeus when he rescued the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires from their prison

• Keto, a marine goddess who was the mother of all sea monsters as well as Echidna and other dragons and monsters.

• Echidna, Wife of Typhon and "Mother of All Monsters"

• Echidna Argia, a dracaena that ravaged the kingdom of Argos; killed byArgus Panoptes

• Poena, a dracaena sent by Apollo to ravage the kingdom of Argos as punishment for the death of his infant son Linos; killed by Coraebus.

• Scythian Dracaena, the Dracaena queen of Scythia; she stole Geryon's cattle that Heracles was herding through the region and agreed to return them on condition he mate with her.

• Scylla, a dracaena that was the lover of Poseidon, transformed by Circe into a monster that fed on passing sailors in the strait between herself and Charybdis

• Sybaris, a draceana that lived on a mountain near Delphi, eating shepherds and passing travellers; she was pushed off the cliff by Eurybarus.