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Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > Ippalektryon
A creature having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.
The historian Herodotus provides a location for the Griffins; he states that they “guard gold” in a land north of the one-eyed Arimaspians and south of the land of the Hyperboreans.
The name may also be rendered as Hippalektryon.
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