A closer focus on the hydra-hydra as edbra, lemaean, details of feat.

A closer focus on the hydra-hydra as edbra, lemaean, details of feat.
by valpetridis @ 2008-05-30 - 22:48:22
A closer focus on the hydra
Before I get to the next task of Hercules lets focus a bit more on the previous task, the hydra. In Greek hydra or idra means seat in one of the ancient dialects. Edra is its modern version. It means seat or chair as babel means seat or throne of God. However it was located in Lane. The myth grew to represent a monster that guarded the underworlds watery entrance. This is symbolic of the ancient pre Greek Celtics who ruled the area. The area has been found to predate the Mycenaean Greeks, and the Mycenaean’s were forged as a result of Hercules peaceful nature and unification of the desperate Greek tribes into one peoples. Hercules tried killing the beast but more Heads grew as I have already explained this was more rulers or chairs. Hercules solicits the help of his nephew who brands each head with a fiery brand, meaning razing the area and taking control. Cause one could not take control of an area without new rulers popping up in the self subsistable and unified kingdom area. One burnt and branded as Greek the hydra dies. Its immortal head or main chair is buried beneath stone to end the symbol of its empire. This head was not just burnt and branded but buried too. The peoples of this area used either a venom or the venom Hercules gained from this made his arrows deadlier. Hercules here symbolises more than one person’s feat. The burning arrows he uses to flush the idra out represent his attacks on the people of this area but not a main strategy of capturing it as swords were used. Hercules genius becomes an illustrated myth as the armies which used the strategy the truth hidden as history within the myth.
I will post the next Herculean task tomorrow, including a task that includes a lion as tasks of Hercules