Facts about Greek Hydra

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   Eurystheus refused to count the Hydra among Heracles' official labors, deeming the victory invalid because Iolaus had assisted in the task.

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   A central detail of the Hydra myth is that Hera, who despised Heracles, sent the monster to Lerna specifically to obstruct him.

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   After slaying the Hydra, Heracles dipped his arrows in its poisonous blood, a detail that later drives the tragic death of the centaur Nessus.

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   In Greek mythology, the Hydra lived in the swamps of Lerna, a region in the Argolid associated with an entrance to the underworld.

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   Heracles defeated the Lernaean Hydra as his second of twelve labors, aided by his nephew Iolaus, who seared each stump after decapitation.

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   The Lernaean Hydra was a serpentine water monster in Greek mythology whose severed heads would regrow, making it nearly impossible to kill.

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