Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra

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Carole Raddato
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published on 17 December 2014
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Amphora with Heracles (Hercules) and the Lernaean Hydra (an ancient serpent-like water monster), circa 525 BCE, from Etruria (Italy).

Photo taken at the "Monsters. Fantastic Creatures of Fear and Myth" exhibition, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome, in 2014.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2014, December 17). Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3360/heracles-and-the-lernaean-hydra/

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