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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.
English: Athena, Heracles attacked by the crab and the Lenaean Hydra. White-ground Attic lekythos, ca. 500–475 BC. White-ground Attic lekythos, ca. 500–475 BC. Français : Athena, Héraclès attaqué par le crabe et l'Hydre de Lerne.
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Lernaean Hydra: a many-headed, serpent-like creature that guarded an Underworld entrance beneath Lake Lerna. It was destroyed by Heracles, in his second Labour. Son of Typhon and Echidna. Ipotane: a race of half-horse, half-humans. The Ipotanes are considered the original version of the centaurs. Keres: the spirits of violent or cruel death.
The Lernaean Hydra was a dragon-like water serpent with fatally venomous breath, blood and fangs, a daughter of Typhon and Echidna. The creature was said to have anywhere between five and 100 heads, although most sources put the number somewhere between seven and nine. For each head cut off, one or two more grew back in its place.
Hercules and the Hydra (1634) by Francisco de 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]
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Heracles attacked by the crab and the Lernaean Hydra. White-ground Attic lekythos, c. 500–475 BC. Cancer also known as Carcinus (Ancient Greek: Καρκίνος, romanized: Karkínos, lit. 'crab') or, simply the Crab, is a giant crab in Greek mythology that inhabited the lagoon of Lerna. [1]