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Bible Encyclopedias

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Search Results: "hydra

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Hydra, the Lernean
a monstrous reptile inhabiting a marsh, with a number of heads, that grew on again as often as they were chopped off, and the destruction of which was one of the twelve labours of hercules, an act which symbolises the toil expended in draining the fens of the world for man's habitation.
Lernæan Hydra
A monster with nine heads, one of them immortal, that infested a swamp near Lernæ, and which Hercules was required to slay as one of his twelve
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