Gary Shannon

In Greek mythology, the Lernaean Hydra was an ancient nameless serpent-like chthonic water beast, with reptilian traits, (as its name evinces) that possessed many heads — the poets mention more heads than the vase-painters could paint, and for each head cut off it grew two more — and poisonous breath so virulent even her tracks were deadly.

I’ve always found greek mythology interesting. Someone made reference to the beast `hydra` today and I found great parallels between mythology and modern day life.

What is interesting about hydra is that for each head cut, two more would grow.

It wasn’t until Heracles teamed with Iolaus (his nephew) to defeat hydra. As each head was cut, Iolaus would burn the wound to prevent a new head from growing.

Once there was only one head was left - it was finally buried under a rock.

The lesson here is that sometimes to defeat the most evil of beasts - you may require a little help from a friend.