Search results for upsilon,56 in Adler number:
Headword: Hudra Adler number: upsilon,56 Translated headword: hydra Vetting Status: high Translation:
[A] nine-headed snake.
Greek Original:
Hudra: enneakephalos ophis.
Notes:
Entry repeated (out of alphabetical order) at upsilon 67. For the gloss see ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 4.76.
See generally LSJ s.v., esp. on the Lernean Hydra tackled by Herakles (web address 1); Perseus Encyclopedia at web address 2; upsilon 57, upsilon 58.