Hydra

Examples

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• Hercules' fists have been dipped in the blood of the Hydra!

  Hercules (2014)

• Iolaus here helped him to burn off the heads of the Lernaean Hydra.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Are we safe from the monster Hydra?

  Hercules (2014)

• Like the Hydra, it grows new heads everywhere.

  Kinsey (2004)

• The Lernaean Hydra now had nine heads, one of them immortal.

  Fiction book (1996)

• In Greek mythology, the hero Hercules was tasked with slaying the fearsome Hydra that could regenerate its heads.

• The Hydra is often depicted as a multi-headed serpent in ancient Greek tales, symbolizing a formidable challenge.

• Many stories feature the Hydra, a monster that grew two heads for every one that was cut off, posing a unique threat.

Synonyms

L

Lernaean Hydra

vsHydra

• Literature

9.9

A big snake with many heads from Greek myth whose cut heads often grow back as two

is the general myth description without mentioning the specific labor association

Idioms

B

to battling a hydra

• Literature

9.9

To deal with a problem that keeps causing many new problems

Compounds

L

Lernaean Hydra

• Literature

9.9

A big snake with many heads from Greek myth whose cut heads often grow back as two

Surface Forms

Etymology