Sybaris or Lamia of

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, Greece, was a legendary cave-dwelling giant beast that devoured both livestock and humans. It was hurled from an

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and killed by the hero Eurybatus. Though precise physical description is given in the primary source, it has been hypothesized by modern commentators that she must have been a dragon or an

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Mythology

According to the

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myth, recorded by

Antoninus Liberalis Antoninus Liberalis ( el, Ἀντωνῖνος Λιβεράλις) was an Ancient Greek grammarian who probably flourished between AD 100 and 300. His only surviving work is the ''Metamorphoses'' (Μεταμορφώσεων Συναγωγή, ''Me ...

, Sybaris or Lamia was a giant beast ( el, θηρίον μέγα και υπερφυές) that dwelled on

and terrorized the countryside of Krisa, ancient name of

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, devouring livestock and people. The people of the region asked the

Oracle of Delphi