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He overcomes the Nemæan lion and brings him to Mycenæ. This means that he becomes master of purely physical force in man; he tames it. Afterwards he slays the nine-headed Hydra. He overcomes it with firebrands and dips his arrows in its gall, so that they become deadly. This means that he overcomes lower knowledge, that which comes through the senses.
Everyone in the inn seemed so sad that he asked them what was the matter. 'Ah, replied they, 'to-day our king's daughter is to die. She is to be handed over to a dreadful nine-headed dragon. Then the prince said: 'Why should she die? I am very strong, I will save her. And he set out to the sea-shore, where the dragon was to meet the princess.
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