HYDRA

HYDRA

• Hydra is the largest constellation
• Hydra was an offspring of Echinda
• Hydra was the brother/sister of Draco
• The hydra was killed by Hercules and Iolaus

ECHINDA

• Echinda is nickname the queen of monsters
• Gave birth to most monsters
• Gave birth to Hydra, Cerberus, Orthus, Chimera

HYDRA STORY

• Hydra was a serpent with many heads. It lived in swamps near the city of lerna.
• Every time you would cut the hydras head off it would grow another one instead.
• Hercules was the hero who would slay hydra (also with the help of Iolaus).

IMPORTANT STARS

• The hydra constellation is mad of of 14 stars
• And the most important star in the hydra constellation is Alphard

CITATIONS

• http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/monsters/g/Echidna.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna_(mythology)
• http://astrologycritics.com/fixed-stars-in-astrology-2.html/15
• http://theochem.chem.rug.nl/resources/mythica.html