Editing Cetus (mythology) (section)

==Depictions==
A cetus was variously described as a sea monster or [[sea serpent]]. Other versions describe a cetus as a sea monster with the head of a wild boar<ref>John K. Papadopoulos, Deborah Ruscillo, 2002, A Ketos in Early Athens: An Archaeology of Whales and Sea Monsters in the Greek World, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 106, No. 2 (Apr., 2002), Archaeological Institute of America</ref><ref name=Fontenrose/> or greyhound and the body of a whale or a dolphin with divided, fan-like tails. Ceti were said to be colossal beasts the size of a ship, their skulls alone measuring {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} in length, their spines being a cubit in thickness, and their skeletons taller at the shoulder than any elephant.<ref name=Fontenrose/>

There are notable physical and mythological similarities between a cetus and a drakōn (the [[dragons in Greek mythology]]), and, to a lesser extent, other monsters of Greek myth, such as [[Scylla]], [[Charybdis]], and [[Medusa]] and her [[Gorgon]] sisters.<ref name=Drakon>Daniel Ogden, 2013, Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds,Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds, ''Fights with Kētē, Sea-Serpents'', pp.116-147, [[Oxford University Press]]</ref><ref name=Fontenrose/><ref>Sharon Khalifa-Gueta, 2018, [https://www.athensjournals.gr/mediterranean/2018-4-4-1-Khalifa-Gueta.pdf The Evolution of the Western Dragon] (PDF), pp.265-290, Athens Journal of Mediterranean Studies, Volume 4, Issue 4, Center for European and Mediterranean Affairs, Athens Institute for Education and Research</ref>