Typhon and Echidna's Children are the most horrifying and vicious monsters of the ancient Greek world. They appeared in the Hercules TV series. As the children of Echidna and Typhon, they are all gifted with incredible strength and they can come in any form or size.
The Hydra is a vicious giant female serpent-like monster that grows multiple heads every time one is chopped off. Sealed under a boulder in Thebes, Hercules unintendedly releases the Hydra, which has been set up as a fixed contest by Hades to kill the hero. Hercules defeats it, thus earning the hero fame and adoration from the people of Thebes.
An infant Hydra being fed by its mother
Cyclops[]
Cyclops
This Cyclops is a giant hoofed monster with a single horn and eye who is never mentioned by name. He is far larger than the other Cyclopes seen in the series, but his large size and strength is nothing compared to the Cyclops from the film who allied himself with the Titans.
The Chimera is a giant amalgamation of numerous creatures, possessing a lion's body and mane, a dragon or lion-like face (which slightly resembles her father Typhon's), a goat's legs and horns, clawed humanoid hands, reptilian skin, and has a snake for a tail. She is capable of breathing flames from both ends.
Ladon is the youngest of Echidna's children and the last one she bore before Typhon was imprisoned. Out of all her children Ladon is the only one who bares a physical resemblance to both his parents.
Gegeines is a 4-armed sailor eating yeti-like giant who is enemies with Jason of the Argonauts. Sea Nymphs work with Gegenius luring sailors to him for him to feed on, in exchange he spares the Sea Nymphs.
The Minotaur is a large humanoid bull who enjoyed causing mayhem and destruction in the city of Heraklion, the capital of Crete. When Crete's king Minos finally captured him he requested of Daedalus and Icarus to build a large maze to keep the Minotaur imprisoned. However the insane king only wanted to use the maze for entertainment by throwing innocent people into the maze so they could be hunted by the Minotaur.
Trivia[]
The Minotaur as an infant
In the original myth the Minotaur was the stepson of King Minos but in the animated series there is no mention of the two being related.
In the film, the Minotaur had red eyes and lacked clothing and facial hair and in the episode Hercules and the Parents Weekend he had purple skin as an infant (although this may be due to a lack of fur).
In the episode Hercules and the Bacchanal, it is implied that there may be more than one Minotaur.
An image of a Gorgon resembling the one from the film is seen in the episode Hercules and the Parents Weekend while Echidna is singing about her children. Whether Echidna is the mother of all Gorgons or just this one is unknown. In the film, Hercules fights a gorgon in the Zero to Hero sequence, and Medusa appears in the animated series as a friend of Hercules, though Hades tries to use Medusa to turn the hero-in-training to stone.
