Second Labour of Heracles

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Second_Labour_of_Heracles
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Argonauts
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Slaying_the_Lernaean_Hydra
gptkbp:assignee gptkb:Eurystheus
gptkbp:depictedIn gptkb:Classical_art
ancient Greek art
gptkbp:EurystheusRejected Labour did not count because Heracles was helped
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Third_Labour_of_Heracles
gptkbp:HeraclesKept Hydra's poisonous blood
gptkbp:HeraclesUsed gptkb:sword
Club
Torch
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Second Labour of Heracles
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lerna
gptkbp:method Decapitation
Cauterizing Hydra's necks
gptkbp:mythology gptkb:Greek_mythology
gptkbp:notableFeature Hydra had regenerative heads
One head was immortal
gptkbp:numberInSeries 2
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Lernaean_Hydra
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:Heracles
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:First_Labour_of_Heracles
gptkbp:result Hydra slain
gptkbp:source gptkb:Apollodorus,_Bibliotheca
gptkb:Hesiod,_Theogony
gptkb:Diodorus_Siculus,_Library_of_History
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Iolaus
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lernaean_Hydra
gptkb:The_Hydra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6