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The Hydra

by Bernard Evslin · 1989

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Recounts the myth of the hundred-headed creature which was slain by the hero Hercules.

Genre
mythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Themes
mythologymythologyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
ancient Greeceancient GreeceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 77 pages

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