Hydra of Lerna

Also known as: Hydra · First appears: Hesiod, Theogony 295-404

Life events

Heracles and Iolaus destroy the Hydra of Lerna through Athene’s plans.(Hesiod, Theogony 295-404)
- With: Heracles Iolaus Athena
- “And again she bore a third, the evil-minded Hydra of Lerna, whom the goddess, white-armed Hera nourished, being angry beyond measure with the mighty Heracles. And her Heracles, the son of Zeus, of the house of Amphitryon, together with warlike Iolaus, destroyed with the unpitying sword through the plans of Athene the spoil-driver.”

parent: Echidna “And again she bore a third, the evil-minded Hydra of Lerna”
guardian: Hera “whom the goddess, white-armed Hera nourished”
with Heracles (interaction) “together with warlike Iolaus, destroyed with the unpitying sword through the plans of Athene the spoil-driver.”
with Iolaus (interaction) “together with warlike Iolaus, destroyed with the unpitying sword through the plans of Athene the spoil-driver”
with Athena (interaction) “destroyed with the unpitying sword through the plans of Athene the spoil-driver”
parent: Typhon “Typhaon the terrible, outrageous and lawless, was joined in love to her, the maid with glancing eyes. So she conceived and brought forth fierce offspring; first she bare Orthus the hound of Geryones, and then again she bare a second, a monster not to be overcome and that may not be described, Cerberus who eats raw flesh, the brazen-voiced hound of Hades, fifty-headed, relentless and strong. And again she bore a third, the evil-minded Hydra of Lerna”

Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.