Contemporary Reception
Apart from scholarly occupations, there is also a contemporary interest in the ancient myth of Geryon. For example one of the most popular roguelike computer games nowadays, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, has given Geryon a key role as the "Guardian of the Vestibule of Hell".
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