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Lernaean Hydra. The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna (Ancient Greek: Λερναῖα ὕδρα, romanized: Lernaîa Húdrā), more often known simply as the Hydra, is a serpentine lake monster in Greek mythology and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaïdes.
The Labours of Hercules or Labours of Heracles (Greek: ἆθλοι, âthloi[ 1 ] Latin: Labores) are a series of tasks carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later romanised as Hercules. They were accomplished in the service of King Eurystheus. The episodes were later connected by a continuous narrative.
2. Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra Heracles slaying the Lernaean Hydra A fire-breathing monster with multiple serpent heads. When one head was cut off, two would grow in its place. It lived in a swamp near Lerna. Hera had sent it in hopes it would destroy Heracles' home city because she thought it was invincible.
Hercules and the Hydra is a c. 1475 tempera grassa -on-panel painting by Antonio del Pollaiuolo, forming a pair with the same artist's Hercules slaying Antaeus. [1] Both works are now in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. [2] It measures 17 cm (6.6 in) by 12 cm (4.7 in), small like all his surviving mythological paintings.
Hercules (/ ˈhɜːrkjʊˌliːz /, US: /- kjə -/) [2] is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Greek hero's iconography and myths for their literature and art ...
Hercules and the Hydra (Zurbarán) Hercules and the Hydra. (Zurbarán) Hercules and the Hydra is a 1634 painting by Francisco de Zurbarán of Hercules fighting the Lernaean Hydra, now in the Prado Museum in Madrid. [ 1] It was from a series of the Labours of Hercules for the Hall of Realms in Madrid's Palacio del Buen Retiro. [ 2]
Hydrarchy, is the organizational structure of a ship, or the ability for individual (s) to gain power over land by ruling through the instrument of water, as defined by English poet Richard Braithwaite (1588–1673), who coined the term. [ 1]: 38. Engraving by Gilles Rousselet (17th century) Hercules slaying the many-headed Lernaean Hydra.
A Caeretan hydria is a type of ancient Greek painted vase, belonging to the black-figure style . Caeretan hydria are a particularly colourful type of Greek vase painting. [ 1] Their geographic origin is disputed by scholars, but in recent years the view that they were produced by two potter-painters who had emigrated from East Greece to Caere ...