Hydra
Encyclopedia
Hydra is the name of the Lernaean Hydra
, a many-headed serpent in Greek mythology.
"Hydra" may also refer to:
Lernaean Hydra
In Greek mythology, the Lernaean Hydra was an ancient nameless serpent-like chthonic water beast, with reptilian traits, that possessed many heads — the poets mention more heads than the vase-painters could paint, and for each head cut off it grew two more — and poisonous breath so virulent even...
, a many-headed serpent in Greek mythology.
"Hydra" may also refer to:
Astronomy
- Hydra (constellation)Hydra (constellation)Hydra is the largest of the 88 modern constellations, measuring 1303 square degrees. It has a long history, having been included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy. It is commonly represented as a water snake...
, the largest of the modern star constellations - Hydra (moon)Hydra (moon)Hydra is the second outermost known natural satellite of Pluto. It was discovered along with Nix in June 2005, and is to be visited along with Pluto by the New Horizons mission in July 2015.- Discovery :...
, a satellite of Pluto
Places
- Hydra island, a Greek island
- Hydra, AlgeriaHydra, AlgeriaHydra is a municipality in Algiers province, Algeria. It is located in Bir Mourad Raïs district, in the plateau of western Algiers, the wealthier part of the national capital. It was heavily affected during the 11 December 2007 Algiers bombings....
, a city - Hydra, a wireless station at World War II Camp X
Military Vehicles
- Hydra class frigateHydra class frigateThe Hydra class are a group of four frigates in service with the Hellenic Navy. They were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO group of modular warships, in this case the MEKO 200 design. The programme was authorised in 1988 and partially paid for with FMS aid and previsioned for the...
, the name of a frigate class of the Hellenic Navy - Greek battleship HydraGreek battleship HydraThe Ironclad warship Hydra , named for one of the Saronic Gulf islands which played a key role in the war at sea during the Greek War of Independence, served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1889 - 1929....
, a Hellenic Navy pre-dreadnought battleship - HMS HydraHMS HydraSeven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hydra, after the Lernaean Hydra of Greek mythology: was a 24-gun sixth-rate launched in 1778 and sold in 1783. was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1797. She was used as a troopship from 1812 and was sold in 1820. was a wooden steam paddle sloop...
, the name of several Royal Navy vessels - Hydra (ship)Hydra (ship)The Hydra is a 22 person hydrogen ship, power-assisted by an electric motor that gets its electricity from a fuel cell. The debut was in June 2000 on the Rhine near Bonn, Germany....
, a hydrogen ship - Hydra 70Hydra 70The Hydra 70 rocket is a weapon derived from the 70 mm Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket developed by the United States Navy for use as a free-flight aerial rocket in the late 1940s.-Overview:...
, an air-to-ground rocket
Music
- Hydra (band)Hydra (band)Hydra is an American Southern rock band founded in the late 1960s by Spencer Kirkpatrick , Wayne Bruce , and Steve Pace . Pace and Kirkpatrick first played together in 1968 in the band Strange Brew. Wayne Bruce was playing with the band Nickelodian and accepted the offer to join Pace and...
, a Southern rock band - Hydra (Iris album), a 2008 remix album by synthpop band Iris
- Hydra (Satariel album)Hydra (Satariel album)Hydra is the third studio album by the melodic death metal band Satariel. Pär Johansson's clean vocals are used more frequently than in their previous CDs.-Track listing:# The Freedom Fall# Be you Angel, Be you Beast# Claw the Clouds...
, a 2005 studio album by the melodic death metal band Satariel - Hydra (Toto album), a 1979 album by Toto, and the title song
- "Hydra", a song by Dir En Grey from their 2000 album Macabre
- Hydra EntertainmentHydra EntertainmentHydra Entertainment is a hip hop record label specializing in Instrumental hip hop. They are most notable for their Hydra Beats series of instrumental albums by prominent hip hop producers...
, hip hop record label - Hydra Head RecordsHydra Head RecordsHydra Head Records is an independent record label which specializes in heavy metal music, founded in New Mexico by Aaron Turner in 1993...
, an independent record label
Brands and company names
- The HydraThe HydraThe Hydra was a magazine produced by the patients of the Craiglockhart War Hospital, noteworthy for having been edited at one time by Wilfred Owen, and for including poems by Siegfried Sassoon....
, a literary magazine once edited by Wilfred Owen - Hydra the RevengeHydra the RevengeHydra the Revenge is a steel floorless roller coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania . It was built where the wooden roller coaster Hercules stood, which was closed for demolition at the end of the park's 2003 season...
, a roller coaster at Dorney Park - Hydra NetworkHydra NetworkHydra Group is an online advertising network operated by Hydra Group LLC. It specializes in "cost per action" or "cost-per-acquisition" pricing models....
, an internet advertising company - Hydra (wrestler)Hydra (wrestler)Hydra is an American professional wrestler who is best known for his time in the wrestling promotion Chikara. Here he was a member of the tag teams The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple and The Sea Donsters before his departure from the company on 21 November 2009 at CHIKARA's Throwing Life's...
, American professional wrestler who is best known for his time in the wrestling promotion Chikara - Hydra (chess)Hydra (chess)Hydra was a chess machine, designed by a team with Dr. Christian "Chrilly" Donninger, Dr. Ulf Lorenz, GM Christopher Lutz and Muhammad Nasir Ali. Since 2006 the development team consised only of Donninger and Lutz. Hydra was under the patronage of the PAL Group and Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al...
, a chess computer - Hydra (operating system)Hydra (operating system)HYDRA was an early capability-based, object-oriented, microkernel designed to support a wide range of possible operating systems to run on top of it...
- Hydra (software), project management software
- HYDRA Game Development Kit, a retro games development system, by André LaMothe
- Hydra 100Hydra 100HYDRA Engine is a brand name for a multi-GPU solution developed by Lucid Logix. Similar to nVidia's SLI and ATI's Crossfire-technologies, Hydra allows linking several video cards together producing a single output and higher performance. Unlike SLI and CrossFire however, Hydra allows video cards...
, a multi-gpu hardware solution - Hydra Technologies of MexicoHydra Technologies of MexicoHydra Technologies is a Mexican firm dedicated to the design and development of unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance operations and aircraft avionics...
, a firm dedicated to the design and development of unmanned aerial vehicles
Popular culture
- HYDRAHYDRAHYDRA is a fictional terrorist organization in the Marvel Universe.Despite the name's capitalization per Marvel's official spelling, the name is not an acronym but rather a reference to the mythical Lernaean Hydra...
, a secret criminal organization in the Marvel Universe- Viper (Madame Hydra)Viper (Madame Hydra)Viper, formerly known as Madame Hydra, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe who is a foe of the Avengers and the X-Men...
, a Marvel supervillain, and enemy of the Avengers
- Viper (Madame Hydra)
- Hydra (Transformers)Hydra (Transformers)Hydra is the name given to two fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. Both are villainous flyers and are Japanese exclusives.- Transformers: Generation 1 :...
, one of several Transformers characters - Hydra (Dungeons & Dragons)Hydra (Dungeons & Dragons)In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the hydra is a reptilian magical beast that has anywhere from five to twelve heads.-Dungeons & Dragons :...
, a reptilian magical beast that has anywhere from five to twelve heads - The Hydra, a Cthulhu Mythos deity created by Henry Kuttner
- Mother Hydra, co-ruler of the Deep One race and consort of Father Dagon in the fictional Cthulhu mythos
- The Hydra flak tank in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
- Hydra, a Dharma InitiativeDHARMA InitiativeThe Dharma Initiative, also written DHARMA , was a fictional research project featured in the television series Lost. It was introduced in the second season episode "Orientation". In 2008, the Dharma Initiative website was launched. Dharma's interests were directly connected with fringe science...
station on the TV series Lost - Hydra (Chuck), a database on the TV series Chuck