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The destruction of the Lernean Hydra was Herakles’ second labor. The Hydra was the monstrous offspring of Typhon and Echidna, and the sibling of the Nemean Lion, the Chimaera, and Kerberos. It possessed numerous mortal and one immortal head on its single body; should one head be removed, two more would grow in its place.
Tasked with vanquishing the beast for his second labor, Hercules traveled to the creature's lair – the spring of Amymone at the swamp near Lake Lerna in the Argolid. Hercules engaged the beast, wielding a harvesting sickle, and attempted to decapitate the creature. When this proved unsuccessful due to the Hydra's regenerative ability, Hercules enlisted the assistance of his nephew Iolaos, who devised a plan: once Hercules had cut off one of the creature's heads, Iolaos would cauterize the stump with a burning firebrand. The plan succeeded and the Hydra was destroyed. Hercules placed its one immortal head under a large rock on the sacred way between Lerna and Elaius and dipped his arrows in its poisonous blood.
Tasked with vanquishing the beast for his second labor, Hercules traveled to the creature's lair – the spring of Amymone at the swamp near Lake Lerna in the Argolid. Hercules engaged the beast, wielding a harvesting sickle, and attempted to decapitate the creature. When this proved unsuccessful due to the Hydra's regenerative ability, Hercules enlisted the assistance of his nephew Iolaos, who devised a plan: once Hercules had cut off one of the creature's heads, Iolaos would cauterize the stump with a burning firebrand. The plan succeeded and the Hydra was destroyed. Hercules placed its one immortal head under a large rock on the sacred way between Lerna and Elaius and dipped his arrows in its poisonous blood.