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Gender Masculine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Ὄρθρος(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsLatinized form: Orthrus
Meaning & History
From Greek ὄρθρος (orthros) meaning "the time just before daybreak, early dawn, cock-crow". He was a mythological two-headed watchdog, a brother of Cerberus and son of the monster Echidna, that kept the herds of Geryon on the island Erytheia, and was there killed by Herakles. Orthros was also the father to the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion. The character's name is variously given as Orthros and Orthos (Greek ὀρθός (orthos) meant "straight, upright").