Lerna

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ancient region archaeological site multi‑headed serpent monster prehistoric settlement site

Lerna is an ancient region in the Argolid of Greece, famed in mythology as the site of the Lernaean Hydra and important prehistoric settlements.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lerna canonical 4
city of Argos 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
prehistoric settlement site ⓘ
ancientDistrictOf Argos ⓘ
archaeologicalPeriod Early Bronze Age ⓘ
Middle Bronze Age ⓘ
Mycenaean civilization ⓘ
surface form: Mycenaean period

Neolithic ⓘ
associatedWithConcept chthonic deities ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
water sources ⓘ
associatedWithRitual mystery cults ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
cultSiteFor Demeter ⓘ
surface form: Demeter Prosymna

Dionysus ⓘ
culturalSphere Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ
excavatedBy American School of Classical Studies at Athens ⓘ
excavationEndDate 1958 ⓘ
excavationLeader John Langdon Caskey ⓘ
excavationStartDate 1952 ⓘ
hasFeature former lake ⓘ
springs ⓘ
swamp ⓘ
hasMythologicalAssociationWith Amymone ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
Demeter’s cult ⓘ
surface form: cult of Demeter

second labour of Heracles ⓘ
underworld entrance ⓘ
HouseOfTheTilesDate Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ
surface form: Early Helladic II period
HouseOfTheTilesInstanceOf corridor house ⓘ
hydraInstanceOf multi‑headed serpent monster ⓘ
hydraLabourNumber second labour ⓘ
hydraSlainBy Heracles ⓘ
knownFor LakeLerna ⓘ
surface form: Lake Lerna

LernaeanHydra ⓘ
surface form: Lernaean Hydra

prehistoric settlements ⓘ
languageOfAncientInhabitants Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Argolid ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedInModernAdministrativeUnit Argolis regional unit ⓘ
locatedNear Gulf of Argolis ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Argos
mentionedIn Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ
surface form: Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca

Greek mythology ⓘ
Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
modernNearbySettlement Myloi ⓘ
notableStructure House of the Tiles ⓘ
partOf Mycenaean civilization ⓘ
surface form: Mycenaean Greece
regionType coastal plain ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Argolid → contains → Lerna ⓘ
Argolis regional unit → containsArchaeologicalSite → Lerna ⓘ
Erasinos River → associatedWith → Lerna ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Argos
Helladic culture → majorSite → Lerna ⓘ
Archaeological Museum of Nafplion → notableCollectionFromSite → Lerna ⓘ