Lerna

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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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Label Occurrences
Lerna canonical 4
city of Argos 1

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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

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