Lernaean Hydra

King Eurystheus gave Hercules a series of 12 difficult and dangerous tasks known as the Twelve Labors of Hercules. These tasks which were his most famous feats. Hercules first task was to kill the Nemean Lion, a beast that could not be killed by any weapon. Hercules strangled the beast and made a cloak out of its skin. For his second task he had to kill the Lernaean Hydra, a creature with nine heads. One of the beast's heads could not be killed and the others grew back when cut off. Hercules cut off the Hydra's eight heads and burned each preventing new heads from growing back and as he could not cut off the ninth head, he buried the creature under a giant rock. His next task was to capture the Cerynean Hind, a golden-horned deer, sacred to…

common way of living was “survival of the fittest”. When Hercules proved he was courageous and strong to the people by fighting off monsters, he was immediately respected. “Throughout his life Hercules had this perfect confidence that no matter who was against him he could never be defeated, and facts bore him out” (Hamilton 226). He even thought that he was on the same level as the gods which was showed when the gods needed his help to fight the Giants which boosted his courage even more. Even…

he gets married, he kills all of his children. He was not proud of this and so he tried to fix his problems by doing these twelve labors. In the two stories about Hercules, he shows that he wanted to become a different person than before. He wanted to progress and change his ways, to be the person he wanted to grow into. In the movie, Hercules, the value of heroism was shown a greater amount of times than in the myth, “Heraclês.” In the movie, he did every task that was needed to become a…

in an angry state of his. It was said that when he awoke from a temporary insane state, he was shocked by what he had done and went to pray to Apollo, the god of healing, and Apollo acknowledges the prays to tell him he has to serve Eurystheus for twelve years in punishment for the murders. He was sentenced to do difficult tasks, but when he really needed a help Hermes and Athena showed up to rescue him. In one of the many versions shared through history, Hercules was battling Hydra, the…

At first glance, the Hercules and the Hydra sculpture is easy to pass by. Located in the outside sculpture garden it stands on a slightly elevated bronze platform, which stands on a bigger, more elevated concrete pedestal that also rests on a larger concrete pedestal that has four embedded lights, each on one corner. The viewing area is large and allows for the audience to view the sculpture up close and far, while still being able circumambulate around the statue at a variety of distances.…

Titanium has begun to be over run with Hydra. The number of loss we have been having is entinsive and we are running out of ideas on how to make defeating them easier. I fear that if we don’t start changing our takticks now, we will soon be seeing the end of human life as we know it. Cole and I have become co-leaders of a small group that consists of about half the remaining fighters of Titanium. Cole and I have began speaking with other leaders in hope of finding a way to help insure the life…

The Hydra You have just taken a hike through the woods and then you discover a salt water lake. Seeing a strange portal, curious, you swim towards it. You go on to the miniscule island that the portal is on. As you start to get near the portal a thick fog starts to form and you can’t see anything. The ground starts to tremble at your feet as a gigantic figure rises from the shadows. As the gigantic shadow looms over you it starts to stomp towards you, you are about to fall down as it gets…

gods how he can pay for this terrible sin. The gods responded by telling Hercules to perform ten difficult tasks under the command of King Eurystheus. Hercules ends up performing twelve because he “failed” two tasks. These tasks seemed nearly impossible, but they were not match for Hercules. There were three that Hercules had a tough time with. The three hardest labours that Hercules had to endure were cleaning the Augean Stables, slaying the mighty Lernaean Hydra, and capturing the guardian of…

In the movie when he does the 12 labors he didn’t have any kids or a wife and all of the 12 labors were not shown. In the myth all of the 12 were explained and these were a result of the fact that he killed his wife and their children. In the movie 5 labors were shown/mentioned and others that weren’t any of the 12 labors. The five labors that were shown in the movie were; the slaying of Lernaean Hydra, the slaying of the Nemean Lion, capturing the Erymanthian Boar, the slaying of the…

able to kill the lion by strangling her, and after she was dead, he tried to skin her and take her hide. When he was unable to penetrate the skin with his knife, the goddess Athena assisted him by telling him to use the creatures own claws to cut through the skin. The next labor that Heracles was to complete was to kill the Lernaean Hydra. The Hydra was a multiple-headed serpent that resided in the lake of Lerna. This monster has the capability to regenerate wherever injured. Cut one head off,…