46378 MSR Hercules Hydra

This is a 3D model of an ancient marble relief in the Musée Saint-Raymond, Toulouse. This relief from the 3rd c. CE depicts Hercules’s sixth labor, the Lernean Hydra. Hercules and his nephew Iolaus defeated the Hydra by cutting the head off and then burning it so it wouldn’t come back. This piece was part of a larger series of twelve works, with only nine surviving to this day. **Bibliography**: [Musée Saint-Raymond](https://bit.ly/2YG6iLa), [Perseus: Hydra](https://bit.ly/3caOuMh) # Ancient World 3D This model posting is part of Ancient World 3D, a website that provides curated 3D open access content for Classical Studies. Each model has an etched catalog# and [3D Printable frame](https://skfb.ly/6SHLD) for building a library. The original model was posted by [Musée Saint-Raymond](https://bit.ly/2YS9xzt). This entry was composed by Chloe Antonio and Rachel Moore (Dr. Elizabeth Thill, advisor).