| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| harpies | ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body |
| harpy | ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body |
| sphinxes | A winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body. It propounded a riddle about the three ages of man, killing those who failed to solve it, until Oedipus was successful, whereupon the Sphinx committed suicide |
| opinicus | heraldic monster having the head, neck, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a bear |
| griffon | fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion |
