Ὕδρα
hydra
Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[A] nine-headed snake.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὕδρα· ἐννεακέφαλος ὄφις.
Betacode
*(/udra: e)nneake/falos o)/fis.
Notes
- For this entry see already upsilon 56. Repeated here, it is out of alphabetical order, but note Adler's report that in mss GM it does not constitute a new entry but a supplement (linked by
ga/r ) to upsilon 66.
Linked from3 entries
- υ56Ὕδραhydra[A] nine-headed snake.
- 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…
- υ66Ὕδρουof a hydra, of a water-snake[Meaning] of a serpent.
Neighbouring entries
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