Lernean
- a word derived from Lerna.
Example Sentences
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By and by we shall have him striking off the heads of the Lernean Hydra.
From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
Did you kill the Nemean lion, the Erymanthian boar, the Lernean serpent, and Stymphalian birds?
From Dialogues of the Dead by Morley, Henry
The old Lernean Hydra had many heads; but they belonged all to one body.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas
The beast of Lerna is the Lernean Hydra, slain by Hercules; the others are terrible monsters slain by various heroes.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
The Lernean Hydra was not more petrified at the sight of the head of Medusa than was Mr. John by the sight of the person who had just addressed him.
From The Poor Plutocrats by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)
