The body of the griffin was that of a lion, while the head and wings were those of an eagle. The Arismaspians mounted on horseback, and attempted to steal the gold, and hence arose the hostility between the horse and the griffin.
GRYPS or GRYPHUS (Grups), a griffin, a fabulous, bird-like species of animals, dwelling in the Rhipaean mountains, between the Hyperboreans and the one-eyed Arimaspians, and guarding the gold of the north. Their one-eyed neighbours, the Arimaspians, battled them for these riches.ĭecorative griffins were popular in ancient Greek art and later in medieval bestiaries and heraldry.
THE GRYPS (Griffin) was a beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.Ī tribe of the creatures guarded rich deposits of gold in the mountains of Skythia (Scythia) in north-eastern Europe. Griffin, Griffins Apollo riding Griffin, Athenian red-figure kylix C4th B.C., Kunsthistorisches Museum
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