User blog comment:GSFB/Xenomorph Queen vs Geryon/@comment-5232784-20140406170126/@comment-5232784-20140409032049

Hey Sir William of Chalitton:

Yes, I mentioned the two headed Orthrus in a reply to your vote. Also, the ancient Greeks depicted Geryon as a three bodied hoplite. See picture on this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heracles_Geryon_Louvre_F55.jpg

BTW: Though Hercules is depicted as the same height as Geryon, who is said to have been a giant, ancient Greek heroes were said to have lived in an age of giants, called the age of Heroes. Everyone was bigger than in modern times, including Hercules, noted for being big and burly, so it is not out of the box to show them of equal height. However, it is also possible that the Greeks wanted to show Herc and Geryon the same size in the vase, in order to give more detail and larger than life depiction to their favorite legendary demigod hero. Considering that some ancient greeks thought Hercules was only over six feet tall (see "Clash of the Gods" episode on Hercules, note the equation that showed this), there is no doubt that Geryon, in the myths, was considered of much greater size than Hercules/Herakles