Lerna
noun
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
Lernean
-
a word derived from
Lerna.
Example Sentences
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Like the Lernean Hydra, or even Hydras in a plural condition.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Thomas Carlyle
Did you kill the Nemean lion, the Erymanthian boar, the Lernean serpent, and Stymphalian birds?
From Dialogues of the Dead by Henry Morley
The one that you perceive over there is Hercules killing the Lernean hydra, and the other is probably Mercury or Mars.
From The Barber of Paris by Charles Paul de Kock
The old Lernean Hydra had many heads; but they belonged all to one body.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Thomas Carlyle
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 Edward Fairfax Taylor
