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Hydra has one bright binary star, Epsilon Hydrae, which is difficult to split in amateur telescopes; it has a period of 1000 years and is 135 light-years from Earth. [7] The primary is a yellow star of magnitude 3.4 and the secondary is a blue star of magnitude 6.7. However, there are several dimmer double stars and binary stars in Hydra.
The modern constellation Hydra lies across two of the quadrants, symbolized by the Azure Dragon of the East (東方青龍, Dōng Fāng Qīng Lóng) and the Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
The Hydra would correspond to the Palace of Lerna, the multiple heads to the archers and hoplites of the city, and Carcinos to a mercenary who would lead supporting forces for the defense. The defeated armies, the burned city and the palace buried under a mound would generate the analogies used later in the myth. [4] [29]
Four Perils – Four malevolent beings in Chinese mythology; Four Seas – Four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China; Four temperaments – Proto-psychological theory; Purple Forbidden enclosure – Chinese historical constellation
Bellerophon [1] or Bellerophontes (Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφών; Βελλεροφόντης; lit. "slayer of Belleros") or Hipponous (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόνοος; lit. "horse-knower"), [2] was a divine Corinthian hero of Greek mythology, the son of Poseidon and Eurynome, and the foster son of Glaukos.
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.
They are sometimes portrayed as the evening daughters of Night , either alone, [3] or with Darkness , [4] in accord with the way Eos in the farthermost east, in Colchis, is the daughter of the titan Hyperion. The Hesperides are also listed as the daughters of Atlas [5] and Hesperis, [6] or of Phorcys and Ceto, [7] or of Zeus and Themis. [8]
The Hydra, a fictional deity created by Henry Kuttner. Mother Hydra, the co-ruler of the Deep One race in the Cthulhu Mythos; The Hydra, a fictional fighter jet in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto Online; The Hydra, a fictional machine in Kirby Air Ride; Hydra, a boss enemy in the video game Prototype 2