Geryoneis

The "Geryoneis" is a fragmentary poem, written in Ancient Greek by the lyric poet Stesichorus.

Composed in the 6th century BC, it narrates an episode from the Heracles myth in which the hero steals the cattle of Geryon, a three-bodied monster with a human face.

[2] The extant parts of the poem exhibit numerous lacunae, with only fragment 19 (= 15 SLG) displaying long stretches of uninterrupted text.

They include: a council of the gods, which resolves that Geryon is to die,[5] the birth of his cowherd Eurytion[6] and a depiction of his parents, trying to convince him not to face Heracles.

[7] The final moments of the conflict are preserved at length: Heracles shoots a deadly arrow into Geryon's forehead.