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Hydra
The Lernaean hydra, the many-headed water-serpent of Lerna whose venom poisoned Hercules' arrows and, through Nessus, killed him.
Reading notes
- Hercules on Oeta §1 the hydra
The Lernaean hydra, a many-headed serpent whose poison Hercules used on his arrows; the same venom, in Nessus's blood, will kill him.
- Hercules on Oeta §925 fixing his Lernaean shafts
His arrows, envenomed with the Lernaean hydra's blood, with which he slew his own family.