The oldest extant Hydra narrative appears in Hesiod's Theogony, while the oldest images of the monster are found on a pair of bronze fibulae dating to c. 700 BC. In both these sources, the main motifs of the Hydra myth are already present: a multi-headed serpent that is slain by Heracles and Iolaus. The number of heads was first fixed in writing by Alcaeus (c. 600 BC), who gave it nine heads.
The monster's capacity to regenerate lost heads varies with time and author. The first mention of this ability of the Hydra occurs with Euripides, where the monster grew back a pair of heads for each one severed by Heracles.
Source: Wikipedia contributors. "Lernaean Hydra." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 16 Jun. 2021. Web. 20 Jun. 2021.
The Challenge:
- This challenge is for those who like finding caches with high difficulty and/or terrain.
- You need to have found at least 300 caches with a terrain or difficulty of 4.5. Simply add your total number of caches with difficulty of 4.5 and your total number of caches with a terrain of 4.5. In the example above, I have 133 difficulty 4.5 caches and 200 terrain 4.5 caches giving a total of 333
- Of course finds anywhere in the world count.
In accordance with Challenge Cache requirements:
- You may put your name in the logbook at any time but you may only log a find when you have qualified. There is a challenge checker link below to use to check this.
- The D rating reflects the difficulty of the challenge. The T rating reflects the terrain of the hide.
- The CO has qualified for each challenge.
