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		adolph on June 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The “API Mandate” memo at Amazon Otherwise: Later versions of the Hydra story add a regeneration feature to the monster: for every head chopped off, the Hydra would regrow two heads. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra

jjeaff on June 21, 2021 [–]

>Heracles required the assistance of his nephew Iolaus to cut off all of the monster's heads and burn the neck using a sword and fire.

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