Hydra (Mythologie)
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- Name (English)
- Hydra
- Short name
- Hydra
- Short Description
- "The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna (Greek: Λερναῖα Ὕδρα, Lernaîa Hýdra), more often known simply as the Hydra, is a serpentine water monster in Greek and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaïdes. Lerna was reputed to be an entrance to the Underworld, and archaeology has established it as a sacred site older than Mycenaean Argos. In the canonical Hydra myth, the monster is killed by Heracles (Hercules) as the second of his Twelve Labors.
According to Hesiod, the Hydra was the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. It had poisonous breath and blood so virulent that even its scent was deadly. The Hydra possessed many heads, the exact number of which varies according to the source. Later versions of the Hydra story add a regeneration feature to the monster: for every head chopped off, the Hydra would regrow two heads. Heracles required the assistance of his nephew Iolaus to cut off all of the monster´s heads and burn the neck using a sword and fire." - (en.wikipedia.org 30.01.2020) - Entity Encoding
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Schale, mittelkorinthisch: Herakles und Hydra. 600-575 v. Chr.
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Image: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität: Archäologische Sammlungen - CC BY-NC-SA -
Medaille auf Papst Pius IV., 1559-65
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Image: Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart - CC BY-SA -
Brunnen mit Herakles
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA -
Zwei Brunnen mit antiken mythologischen Szenen
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA
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