Typhon Imperator: Difference between revisions

*[[wikipedia:Typhon|Typhon]] is a giant monster in Greek mythology, said to be the strongest and most horrible of all Greek monsters, as well as being the father of a good number of them. Descriptions of Typhon ranged wildly from having wings and a serpentine lower half who can control storms and weather, to having many heads, hands and legs that ended in numerous serpents, and shot a white fire from his mouth and eyes. It took Zeus over 100 lightning bolts and dropping a volcano to subdue Typhon enough to imprison him in Tartarus. There are inconclusive speculations amongst linguistic scholars that the modern word "typhoon" may have been influenced by his name.

**''Imperator'' is a Latin word originally referring to a military commander with an esteemed prowess or repute, later becoming a popular agnomen (epithet or title) for Roman leaders during Rome's transition from a republic into an empire. It had since become a synonym for "emperor" and eventually took up that meaning entirely, replacing other words such as ''Princeps'' ("first citizen").