He loved lightning He lived on an island His mother was a

 

Nymph of a river that ran to the sea His father was a gold

 

Cutting tool Old scholia say that Stesichoros says that

 

Geryon had six hands and six feet and wings He was red and

 

His strange red cattle excited envy Herakles came and

 

Killed him for his cattle

 

The dog too