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Cerberus was a huge and savage dog with three heads which guarded the entrance to Hades. He was the offspring of Echidne and Typhon.
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Pan was the Greek god who looked after shepherds and their flocks. His parentage is unsure. In some accounts he is the son of Zeus, in others the son of Hermes. His mother was a nymph. In fear of the great Typhon, Pan changed himself into a goat and was made by Zeus one of the signs of the zodiac - Capricorn.
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In Greek mythology, Phaea was the Crommyonium Sow a wild pig said to have been the offspring of Echidna and Typhon. It ravaged the town of Crommyon on the Isthmus of Corinth until it was destroyed by Theseus.
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In Greek mythology, Typhon was a one-hundred headed, fire-breathing monster. He was the father of destructive and fierce winds. He is derived from the Egyptian Set or Seth. According to Homer, he was buried underground by Zeus.
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FRESTAR is an abbreviation for Frequency Scanned Typhon Array Radar
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A typhon is a naval signal horn operated by compressed air or steam. It is so named after the mythical Greek monster Typhon, the father of destructive and fierce winds.
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The Typhon was a French Simoun Class destroyer (torpilleurs) of 1319 tons displacement launched in 1924. The Typhon had a top speed of 33 knots and a range of 4800 km at 15 knots and carried a complement of 138. She was armed with four 5.1 inch guns; two 37 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 21.7 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triples.
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