forced them to wash his feet. When they knelt before him, he kicked them over the cliff into the sea, where they were eaten by the giant sea turtle. Theseus killed him in the same way. Tortoise from which Hermes created his tortoiseshell lyre, when Hermes was a mere babe, found a tortoise, which he killed, and, stretching seven strings across the empty shell, invented a lyre. Zeus and the Tortoise Dragons The dragons of Greek mythology were serpentine monsters. They include the serpent-like Drakons, the marine-dwelling Cetea, and the she-monster Dracaenae. Homer describes the dragons with wings and legs. The Colchian Dragon, an unsleeping dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece. Cychreides, a dragon that terrorized Salamis before being slain, tamed, or driven out by Cychreus. Delphyne, female dragon. Demeter's dragons, a pair of winged dragons that drew Demeter's chariot and, after having been given as a gift, that of Triptolemus. Giantomachian dragon, a dragon that was thrown at Athena during the Giant war. She threw it into the sky where it became the constellation Draco. The Ismenian Dragon, a dragon which guarded the sacred spring of Ares near Thebes; it was slain by Cadmus. Ladon, a serpent-like dragon that guarded the golden apples of the immortality of the Hesperides. Lernaean Hydra, also known as King Hydra, is a many-headed, serpent-like creature that guarded an Underworld entrance beneath Lake Lerna. It was destroyed by Heracles, in his second Labour. Son of Typhon and Echidna. Maeonian Drakon, a dragon that lived in the kingdom of Lydia and was killed by Damasen. Medea's dragons, a pair of flying dragons that pulled Medea's chariot. Born from the blood of the Titans. Nemean dragon, a dragon that guarded Zeus' sacred grove in Nemea. Ophiogenean dragon, a dragon that guarded Artemis' sacred grove in Mysia. Pitanian dragon, a dragon in Pitane, Aeolis, that was turned to stone by the gods. Pyrausta, a four-legged insect with filmy wings and a dragon's head. Python, a dragon that guarded the oracle of Delphi; it was slain by Apollo. Rhodian dragons, serpents that inhabited the island of Rhodes; they were killed by Phorbus. Thespian dragon, a dragon that terrorized the city of Thespiae in Boeotia. Trojan dragons, a pair of dragons or giant serpents from Tenedos sent by various gods to kill Laocoön and his sons in order to stop him from telling his people that the Wooden Horse