File:Hercules slaying the Lernaean Hydra (3rd cent. B.C.) at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens on 3 April 2018.jpg

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English: Relief slab. Marble. Found at Myloi (ancient Lerna) in the Argolid. Either a votive relief or, more probably, a metope from a small building, depicting one of Herakles’ labours. Herakles is shown slaying the Lernaean Hydra. In the bottom left corner is the crab that was the monster’s accomplice. 3rd c. B.C. Accession Number: 3617. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Text credit: Museum inscription.
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