Campe 79382 219062280 2008-06-13T11:48:01Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[de:Kampe (Mythologie)]] :''This article is about a mythological monster. To read about the lexicographer, please see [[Joachim Heinrich Campe]].'' A [[chthonic]] female [[monster]] in [[Greek mythology]], '''Campe''' or '''[[Kampe]]''' ([[English language|English translation]]: "crooked") was sent by [[Cronus]] to guard the [[Hecatonchires]] and [[Cyclopes]] in [[Tartarus]] after Cronus imprisoned them there; she was killed by [[Zeus]] when he rescued the Cyclopes for help in the [[Titanomachy|battle with the Titans]] (''[[Bibliotheke]]'' 1.2.1). Campe was a she-[[dragon]] with a woman's head and torso and a [[scorpion]]-like tail. [[Nonnus]], in ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' (18.23-264) gives the most elaborated description of her. [[Joseph Eddy Fontenrose]] suggests that for Nonnus Campe is a Greek refiguring of [[Tiamat]] and that "she is [[Echidna (mythology)|Echidna]] under another name, as Nonnos indicates, calling her Echidnaean Enyo, identifying her snaky legs with echidnas," and "a female counterpart of his [[Typhon]]".<ref>Fontenrose, ''Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins'' 1974:243.</ref> In his lexicon [[Hesychius of Alexandria]] (K.614) noted that the poet [[Epicharmos]] had called Campe a ''[[Cetus|kētos]]'', or sea-monster.<ref>Max Mayer ''Die Giganten und Titanen'' 1887:232-34.</ref> ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.theoi.com/Ther/DrakainaKampe.html Theoi Project - Drakaina Kampe] [[Category:Greek mythology]] [[Category:Greek legendary creatures]] [[Category:Mythological hybrids]] [[Category:Dragons]] [[bg:Кампе]] [[ca:Campe]] [[de:Kampe (Mythologie)]] [[el:Κάμπη]] [[es:Campe]] [[fr:Campé]] [[it:Campe]] [[lt:Kampė]] [[nl:Campe]]