Typhon

Tȳphōn (scanned Typhōn, Mart Cap. 2, 43), ōnis,

• another name for the giant Typhōeus, Luc. 4, 595; 6, 92; Ov. F. 2, 461; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 22; Hyg. Fab. 152. Hence,
• • • 1 Tȳphōnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Typhon, Typhonian: specus, the Typhon's cave in Cilicia, Mel. 1, 13, 4.—
    • 2 Tȳphōnis, ĭdis, f., daughter of Typhon: Harpyiae, Val. Fl. 4, 428.

2. Tȳphōn, ōnis, Akk. ōna, m. (Τυφών), anderer Name des Riesen Typhoeus (s. Typhōeus), Mela 1, 13, 4 (1. § 76). Ov. fast. 2, 461. Lucan. 4, 595; 6, 92. Manil. 4, 581: Typhonis specus (in Cilicien), Curt. 3, 4 (10), 10. – Dav.: A) Tȳphōneus, a, um, typhonisch, specus, eine Höhle in Cilicien, Mela 1, 13, 4 (1. § 76). – B) Tȳphōnis, idis, f. (Τυφωνίς), die Typhonide (Tochter des Typhon), Val. Flacc. 4, 428.

Typhon [CL < τυφῶν] 1 Typhon, father of the Winds. illos, illos omnipotens / trudat aeternis tenebris / ubi Typo teterrimus / tostos globorum gremiis / girat torquens gurgitibus / atri ignis ultricibus (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 3. 37. 2 (transf.) kind of whirlwind, cyclone, or sim.. hinc †phiponis ei nomen dat Grecia, longam / ignitam nubem, lampada sepe vocant Neckam DS I 321. 3 (in gl.). typhona, serpens aquaticus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 589.

2 Tȳphōn, (15) ōnis, m. (Τυφών), géant, le même que Typhée : Ov. F. 2, 461 ; Luc. 4, 596 ; 6, 92.

Typhon

(Τυφάων, Τυφωεύς, Τυφώς), or Typhoeus, a monster of the primitive world, is described sometimes as a destructive hurricane, and sometimes as a fire-breathing giant. According to Homer (Hom. Il. 2.782; comp. Strab. xiii. p.929) he was concealed in the country of the Arimi * Εἰν Ἀρίμοις, of which the Latin poets have made Inarimc (Verg. A. 9.716; Ov. Met, 14.89). in the earth, which was lashed by Zeus with flashes of lightning.

In Hesiod Typhaon and Typhoeus are two distinct beings. Typhaon there is a son of Typhoeus (Theog. 869), and a fearful hurricane, who by Echidna became the father of the dog Orthus, Cerberus, the Lernaean hydra, Chimaera, and the Sphynx. (Theog. 306; comp. Apollod. 2.3.1, 3.5.8.) Notwithstanding the confusion of the two beings in later writers, the original meaning of Typhaon was preserved in ordinary life. (Aristoph. Frogs 845; Plin. Nat. 2.48.) Typhoeus, on the other hand, is described as the youngest son of Tartarus and Gaea, or of Hera alone, because she was indignant at Zeus having given birth to Athena. Typhoeus is described as a monster with a hundred heads, fearful eyes, and terrible voices (Pind. P. 1.31, 8.21, Ol. 4.12); he wanted to acquire the sovereignty of gods and men, but was subdued, after a fearful struggle, by Zeus, with a thunderbolt. (Hes. Th. 821, &c.) He begot the winds, whence he is also called the father of the Harpies (V. Fl. 4.428), but the beneficent winds Notus, Boreas, Argestes, and Zephyrus, were not his sons. (Hes. Th. 869, &c.) Aeschylus and Pindar describe him as living in a Cilician cave. (Pind. P. 8.21; comp. the different ideas in Apollon. 2.1210, &c., and Hdt. 3.5.) He is further said to have at one time been engaged in a struggle with all the immortals, and to have been killed by Zeus with a flash of lightning; he was buried in Tartarus under Mount Aetna, the workshop of Hephaestus. (Ov. Ep. 15.11, Fast. 4.491; Aeschyl. Prom. 351, &c.; Pind. P. 1.29, &c.) The later poets frequently connect Typhoeus with Egypt, and the gods, it is said, when unable to hold out against him, fled to Egypt, where, from fear, they metamorphosed themselves into animals, with the exception of Zeus and Athena. (Ant. Lib. 28 ; Hygin. Poet. Astr. 2.28; Ov. Met. 5.321, &c. ; comp. Apollod. 1.6.3; Ov. Fast. 2.461; Hor. Carm. 3.4.53.) [L.S]

Typhon

(Τυφάων) or Typhōeus (Τυφωεύς). A monster of the primitive world, who is described sometimes as a destructive hurricane, and sometimes as a fire-breathing giant. According to Homer, he was concealed in the earth in the country of the Arimi, which was lashed by Zeus with flashes of lightning (Il. ii. 782). In Hesiod, Typhaon and Typhoeus are two distinct beings. Typhaon is represented as a son of Typhoeus, and a fearful hurricane, and as having become by Echidna the father of the dog Orthus, Cerberus, the Lernaean hydra, Chimaera, and the Sphinx. Typhoeus, on the other hand, is called the youngest son of Tartarus and Gaea, or of Heré alone, because she was indignant at Zeus having given birth to Athené. He is described as a monster with 100 heads, fearful eyes, and terrible voices, who wanted to acquire the sovereignty of gods and men, but, after a fearful struggle, was subdued by Zeus with a thunderbolt. He begot the winds, whence he is also called the father of the Harpies; but the beneficent winds Notus, Boreas, Argestes, and Zephyrus were not his sons. He was buried in Tartarus, under Mount Aetna, the workshop of Hephaestus, whence it is called by the poets Typhoïs Aetna (Ovid, Fasti, iv. 491). Typhus was identified by the Greeks with the Egyptian god Set, who typified the power of darkness, and who slew Osiris. See Herod. ii. 156; iii. 5; and the article Osiris.

Typhon Typhon, of Aegium

• founds Caulonia in Italy: Paus. 6.3.12

Typhon(2), a hybrid monster Typhos

• offspring of Tartarus and Earth: Apollod. 1.6.2
• brought forth in Cilicia: Apollod. 1.6.2
• attacks heaven: Apollod. 1.6.3
• pelted with thunderbolts by Zeus: Apollod. 1.6.3
• grapples with Zeus, severs his sinews, and deposits him in the Corycian cave: Apollod. 1.6.3
• beguiled by the Fates: Apollod. 1.6.3
• buried under Mount Etna: Apollod. 1.6.3
• begets the Chimera: Apollod. 2.3.1
• father of the Nemean lion: Apollod. 2.4.12
• begets dog Orthus on Echidna: Apollod. 2.5.9
• begets the dragon of the Hesperides: Apollod. 2.5.11
• father of the eagle that devoured the liver of Prometheus: Apollod. 2.5.11
• father of the Sphinx: Apollod. 3.5.7
• father of the Crommyon sow: Apollod. E.1.1
• identified with the Egyptian Set, his search for Horus: Hdt. 2.156
• Horus' victory, and banishment of Typhon to the Serbonian lake: Hdt. 2.144, Hdt. 3.5
• figure of Typhos supporting throne of Apollo at Amyclae: Paus. 3.18.10