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1. Lernaean Hydra

2.  The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of
Lerna (Greek: Λερναῖα Ὕδρα, Lernaîa Hýdra),
more often known simply as the Hydra, was
a serpentine water monster in Greek and Roman
mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in
theArgolid, which was also the site of the myth of
the Danaids. Lerna was reputed to be an entraned to
the Underworld and archaeology has established it
as a sacred site older than Mycenaean Argos. In the
canonical Hydra myth, the monster is killed
by Heracles, using sword and fire, as the second of
hisTwelve Labors.

3.  According to Hesiod, the Hydra was the offspring
of Typhon and Echidna. It possessed many heads,
the exact number of which varies according to the
source. Later versions of the Hydra story add
a regeneration feature to the monster: for every
head chopped off, the Hydra would regrow one or
multiple heads.
 The Hydra had poisonous breath and blood so
virulent that even its scent was deadly.

4. Hercules slaying the
Lernean hydra
The hydra portrayed as a
weird composite of many-
headed dragon and multi-
limbed, carapace-bodied
crustacean

5. STYMPHALIAN BIRDS

6. The Stymphalian Birds are man-
eating birds with beaks
of bronze, sharp metallic feathers
they could launch at their
victims, and poisonous dung.
They were pets of Ares, the god
of war. They migrated to a marsh
in Arcadia to escape a pack
of wolves. There they bred
quickly and swarmed over the

7. THE SIXTH LABOUR OF HERACLES
 The Stymphalian birds were defeated by the
hero Heracles (Hercules) in his Sixth
Labour for Eurystheus. Heracles could not go
into the marsh to reach the nests of the birds,
as the ground would not support his
weight. Athena, noticing the hero's plight, gave
Heracles a rattle which Hephaestus had made
especially for the occasion. Heracles shook the
rattle and frightened the birds into the air.
Heracles then shot many of them with arrows
tipped with poisonous blood from the
slain Hydra.

9. NEMEAN LION

10.  The Nemean lion was a vicious
monster in Greek mythology that
lived at Nemea. It was eventually
killed by Heracles. It could not be
killed with mortals' weapons
because its golden fur was
impervious to attack. Its claws were
sharper than mortals' swords and
could cut through any armor.

11.  The lion is usually considered to
have been the offspring of Typhon
(orOrthrus) and Echidna; it is also
said to have fallen from the moon as
the offspring of Zeus and Selene, or
alternatively born of the Chimera.
The Nemean lion was sent
to Nemea in the Peloponnesus to
terrorize the city.