Lernaean Hydra - Hercules and The Hydra in Art

Hercules and The Hydra in Art

  • Caeretan black-figure hydria (ca. 525 BC)

  • Mosaic from Roman Spain (201–250 AD)

  • Silver sculpture (1530s)

  • Engraving (1545) by Hans Sebald Beham

  • Gustave Moreau (1876)

  • John Singer Sergeant (1921)

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    I was with Hercules and Cadmus once,
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    With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear
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    When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear
    With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear
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    The skies, the fountains, every region near
    Seemed all one mutual cry. I never heard
    So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.
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