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Hydria (ceramic water container) depicting Heracles killing the Lernaean Hydra (an ancient serpent-like water monster), from Etruria, attributed to the Painter of Aquila, 530-500 BCE. (photo taken at the Monsters. Fantastic Creatures of Fear and Myth exhibition at Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome)
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Original image by Carole Raddato. Uploaded by Carole Raddato, published on 28 July 2014 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
Raddato, C. (2014, July 28). Herakles & the Lernaean Hydra. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2845/herakles--the-lernaean-hydra/
Raddato, Carole. "Herakles & the Lernaean Hydra." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 28, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2845/herakles--the-lernaean-hydra/.
Raddato, Carole. "Herakles & the Lernaean Hydra." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 28 Jul 2014. Web. 20 Apr 2021.
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