Lerna
place · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
in the texts
Ion
Marsh associated with the Hydra slain by Heracles, depicted in the temple carvings.
here is the son of Zeus killing with his scimitar of gold the watersnake of Lerna.
Phoenissae
Marshland near Argos, recurring toponym associated with the Argive enemy.
This is the man who says he will give the Theban girls as captives of his spear to the women of Mycenae, to Lerna’s trident, and the waters of Amymone, dear to Poseidon, when he has them enslaved.
by Lerna’s streams he dwells, the lord Hippomedon.
Go to Argos, and invoke the waters of Lerna.