Hydra Lernejska

Ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki, i-Hydra yaseLerneisk iyisilo, esivame ukumelela amakhanda amaningi (emithonjeni ehlukene, inombolo ehlukene yamakhanda) inyoka yamanzi, indodakazi kaTyphon no-Echidna. Wayehlala emaxhaphozini eduze kwaseLerna e-Argolis.

Ukunqotshwa kwe-Lerna hydra yakhe bekungokwesibili kwemisebenzi eyi-12 yeHercules.

Kukholakala ukuthi abazali beHydra yiTyphon kanye ne-Echidna [1] [2]. Akukho ukuvumelana mayelana nogogo nomkhulu kaHydra, abazali baka-Echidna. UGrimal unikeza izinguqulo ezahlukene: bangaba abazali bakaTyphon, Gaia kanye neTartarus [3], Chrysaor kanye neCalliroe [4] noma iChrysaor neStyx.