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Elymaean Rock Carving in Iran Shows Possible Parallels with the Hercules–Hydra Myth
A newly identified Elymaean rock carving in southwest Iran is drawing scholarly attention due to its unusual iconography and its possible visual parallels with the myth of Hercules battling the Hydra. The relief was discovered in the Kuh-e Manar highlands of Andika County, located in Khuzestan Province, a region closely associated with Elymaean cultural activity…