Hercules lived in Greece.He was the son of zeus the most powerful of the gods and Alcmene. Hercules was very stong.He had to carry out twelvl labours to become a god.one of these was to kill the Hydra.The hydra was a monster with nine heads. It wasn't easy to kill.Each time he tried to cut off one of her heads two more appeared in its place with the help of his nephew lolaus Hercules managed to cut off eigth of the heads then he grabbed the ninth head and buried it under a big rock.The hydra was dead.