ciphers, phallacies, calumnies: another many-headed beast, the etymology of key and the genealogy of john
Herakles battles the Hydra, a snakelike beast with between seven and nine heads, identified with the earth goddess, Hera.
Hera is Zeus’s jealous wife. Herakles is not Hera’s son.
Kles in Old Attic Greek comes from the verb kleio. It means ‘to shut up, close or block.’ Might