Lerna

E215768

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lerna canonical 15
city of Argos 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
prehistoric settlement site ⓘ
ancientDistrictOf Argos ⓘ
archaeologicalPeriod Early Bronze Age ⓘ
Middle Bronze Age ⓘ
Mycenaean period ⓘ
Neolithic ⓘ
associatedWithConcept chthonic deities ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
water sources ⓘ
associatedWithRitual mystery cults ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
cultSiteFor Demeter Prosymna ⓘ
linked to: Demeter

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 ⓘ
cult of Demeter ⓘ
linked to: Demeter’s cult

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

Lernaean Hydra ⓘ
linked to: LernaeanHydra

prehistoric settlements ⓘ
languageOfAncientInhabitants Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Argolid ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedInModernAdministrativeUnit Argolis regional unit ⓘ
locatedNear Gulf of Argos ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Argolis
mentionedIn Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca ⓘ
Greek mythology ⓘ
Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
modernNearbySettlement Myloi ⓘ
notableStructure House of the Tiles ⓘ
partOf Mycenaean Greece ⓘ
regionType coastal plain ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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