In Greek mythology, Hercules and his plucky nephew Iolaus kill the Lernean Hydra—a massive serpent with nine regrowing heads—by bashing and burning eight of its domes and then slicing off the ninth.
HERCULES. Tonight at 8, NBC. 1. 5 Stars. As an executive producer, Robert Halmi Sr. has made some very good costume-drama miniseries (“Gulliver’s Travels,” “The Odyssey”) and some very bad ones (too ...
An ancient marble altar showing a nude warrior battling a serpent monster has been discovered by villagers near the Akçay River in Turkey. Archaeologists said the altar likely dates to the second ...