ID: 901001023 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001023	Record Type: Named Legendary Animal

	Hydra (Greek character)

Note: In Greek legend, the offspring of Typhon and Echidna (according to the early Greek poet Hesiod’s Theogony), a gigantic water-snake-like monster with nine heads (the number varies), one of which was immortal.

Names:

	Hydra (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Lernean Hydra (Greek character) (English,U,N)
	Hydra of Lerna (Greek character) (English,U,N)
	Λερναῖα Ὕδρα (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Hydra (Greek character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... mythical being
	.....(Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	flourished/active in .... Lerna
	.....(Argolís regional division, Pelopónnisos region, Greece, Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	Hydra (Greek character)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 88003454
	Lernean Hydra (Greek character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Hydra of Lerna (Greek character)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92I74913 Hydra of Lerna
	Λερναῖα Ὕδρα (Greek character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Hydra," accessed 15 June 2017
	................ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 88003454