Lernaean Hydra
animal · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Hydra, pest Of Lerna · Lerna's murderous hound · many-headed water-snake
in the texts
Heracles
The many-headed water-serpent of Lerna, slain by Heracles, whose venom he then used to poison his arrows.
After all, what was the fine exploit your husband achieved, if he did kill a water-snake in a marsh or that monster of Nemea?
He burned to ashes Lerna’s murderous hound, the many-headed water-snake, and smeared its venom on his darts, with which he slew the shepherd of Erytheia, a monster with three bodies.
De Rerum Natura
The many-headed venomous serpent of Lerna slain by Hercules.
Of Lerna, fenced with vipers venomous?
O what could Cretan Bull, or Hydra, pest