ANCIENT SITE OF LERN
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Ancient site of Lerna allowing to see the remains of a palace that was burned.
Lerne rings a bell: it's normal. It is there that Hercules accomplished one of his twelve works by overcoming the hydra, whose nine heads grew back each time they were cut. It was with the help of his nephew Iolaos, who cauterized the wounds with each blow made by the hero, that he succeeded in killing her. The funny thing is to understand that in reality the myth of the hydra, "water" in Greek, was born from the geography of the place, which at the time was full of swamps. The inhabitants always tried to dry out the various branches of the river, but they "grew back each time they were cut off". Lerne is also one of the oldest sites in the Argolida since it dates back to the Neolithic period and was inhabited around 3000 BC.
To the right of the entrance is an enclosure wall dating back to 3000 BC and the remains of a Neolithic house in the pit behind it. A little further on, you can see a staircase, two towers and, finally, a brick wall, which was the old enclosure. At the bottom of the site, we can see two houses from the ancient Helladic period (3rd millennium BC). As we continue to walk around the tile house, we see the remains of a palace that was burned down. These remains were used to build the circular sacrifice area, traces of which can be seen on both long sides of the house. Finally, we visit the main building, the tile house, which contains Mycenaean tombs. You can also stop by this site.
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