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Hoping to eliminate him, she dispatched the colossal and tre-
mendously strong Typhon to do her dirty work.
The problem with this plan was that although Typhon was
enormous and powerful, he was not very bright. Instead of qui-
etly setting up an ambush to surprise Zeus, the monstrous be-
ing approached him across an open plain. The god could feel
the ground shaking from Typhon’s ponderous footsteps and had
plenty of time to prepare. Gathering several of his trademark
thunderbolts—massive globs of pure electricity—Zeus engi-
neered his own ambush and attacked Typhon, taking the crea-
ture completely unawares.
The battle that ensued lasted for hours. Zeus pumped nu-
merous bolts of glowing energy into the beast’s malformed body,
sometimes knocking him to the ground. Typhon managed to

This illustration shows the primeval monster Typhon. Typhon was a
mixture of human and beast, and his bottom half was made up of snakes.