was a trap. Drakons Drakons ("δράκους" in Greek, "dracones" in Latin) were giant serpents, sometimes possessing multiple heads or able to breathe fire (or even both), but most just spit deadly poison. They are usually depicted without wings. The Ethiopian Dragon was a breed of giant serpent native to the lands of Ethiopia. They killed elephants and rivaled the longest-lived animals. They mentioned in the work of Aelian, On The Characteristics Of Animals () The Indian Dragon was a breed of the giant serpent which could fight and strangle the elephants of India. The Laconian Drakon was one of the most fearsome of all the drakons. Cetea Cetea were sea monsters. They were usually featured in myths of a hero rescuing a sacrificial princess. The Ethiopian Cetus was a sea monster sent by Poseidon to ravage Ethiopia and devour Andromeda. It was slain by Perseus. The Trojan Cetus was a sea monster that plagued Troy before being slain by Heracles. Cetea at Taprobana were sea monsters at Taprobana (modern Sri Lanka). Dracaenae The Dracaenae were monsters that had the upper body of a beautiful woman and the lower body of any sort of dragon. Echidna, the mother of monsters, and Ceto, the mother of sea monsters, are two famous dracaenae. Some Dracaenae were even known to have had in place of two legs, one (or two) serpent tail. Campe, a dracaena that was charged by Cronus with the job of guarding the gates of Tartarus; she was slain by Zeus when he rescued the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires from their prison. Ceto (or 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 monsters. 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. Scylla, a dracaena that was the lover of Poseidon, transformed by Circe into a multi-headed monster that fed on sailors on vessels passing between her and Charybdis. 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. Sybaris, a draceana that lived on a mountain near Delphi, eating shepherds and passing travellers; she was pushed off the cliff by Eurybarus. Automatons Automatons, or Colossi, were