Yamata no Orochi food, but lacks a phonological connection. Polycephalic or multi-headed animals are rare in biology but common in mythology and heraldry. Multi-headed dragons, like the 8-headed "Orochi" and 3-headed "Trisiras" above, are a common motif in comparative mythology. For instance, multi-headed dragons in Greek mythology include the wind-god Typhon who had several polycephalic offspring, including the 9-headed Lernaean Hydra and the 100-headed Ladon, both slain by Heracles. Two other Japanese examples derive from Buddhist importations of Indian dragon myths. Benzaiten, the Japanese name of Saraswati, supposedly killed a 5-headed dragon at Enoshima in 552 AD. Kuzuryū 九頭龍 "9-headed dragon", deriving from
Temple of Heracles, Agrigento Temple of Heracles, Agrigento The Temple of Heracles or Temple of Hercules (The Roman name of the hero) is a greek temple in the ancient city of Akragas, located in the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento. The building, in the archaic Doric style, is found on the hill of the temples, on a rocky spur near the Villa Aurea. The name "Temple of Heracles" is an attribution of modern scholarship, based on Cicero's mention of a temple dedicated to the hero "non longe a foro" "not far from the agora" ("Verrine" II 4.94), containing a famous statue of Heracles. That