Beneath the lake of Lerna in Ancient Greece, was an entrance to the underworld. Within this lake lived a 9 headed, gigantic serpent like monster that both guarded the entrance to the realm of Hades ...

That’s pretty goddamned impressive. 3) Killing the Hydra The most impressive of the monsters Hercules had to slay was undoubtedly the Lernaean Hydra, which of course had many heads and when one ...

This time, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to kill the Lernean Hydra. This was a monstrous nine-headed snake that lived in the swamps of Lerna. It was not an easy matter to kill this snake.

The ancient depictions of Hercules battling the Lernaean Hydra continue to puzzle ... Vase depicting the second Heracles’ Labour was to kill the hydra of Lerna, a many-headed serpent that ...

The slaying of the Lernaean Hydra was the second labour of Hercules ... and blood so toxic that even its scent was likely to kill you. Hercules did the job using his sword and fire.