From Kir Upis, the place of his residence, a priest was named Grupis; and from Kir-Uph-On, gryphon.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
At the other side of this tree, and facing the gryphon, is a similar monster, which has, however, the head of a dog or wolf.
"Old Church Lore"
William Andrews
If it be objected that the salvation of Dante is a small matter about which to set in motion so stupendous a machinery, we may answer that, in the first place, his own salvation does not seem unimportant to the man himself; and further, which is of more weight, that Dante himself is here no less symbolical than Beatrice, or Virgil, or the mystic gryphon.
"Dante: His Times and His Work"
Arthur John Butler