Ὕδρα
hydra
Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[A] nine-headed snake.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὕδρα· ἐννεακέφαλος ὄφις.
Betacode
*(/udra: e)nneake/falos o)/fis.
Notes
- Entry repeated (out of alphabetical order) at upsilon 67. For the gloss see ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 4.76.
See generally LSJ s.v., esp. on the Lernean Hydra tackled by Herakles (web address 1); Perseus Encyclopedia at web address 2; upsilon 57, upsilon 58.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- π3084Ποικιλώτερος ὕδραςmore versatile than a hydra[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are deceitfully [sic] or marveled at.
- υ57Ὕδραν τέμνεινyou are cutting off a hydra[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to things that are hopeless; for the story goes that when Herakles was fighting a hydra in Lerna which had a hundred heads, and as the heads were cut off more grew, he ordered…
- υ67Ὕδραhydra[A] nine-headed snake.
Neighbouring entries
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