#ClassicsTober day 9: FEAT

October 9, 2022
HERACLES' Labour 2: the Lernaean Hydra. A lineart stickman version of Heracles on the left, with a similar figure of his nephew of Iolaus on the right, are fighting the hydra. It has many heads and is yellow, green and red. Heracles is sloicing off the heads while Iolaus is cauterising the wounds with a flaming torch. One snakey head hisses disapproval in Heracles' face.

My favourite of Heracles’ labours, probably because of the Giant Crab sent by Hera just to complicate things.

See more Heracles comix here, including the first labour.

This image is based on the metope of this Labour from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.

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