European dragon resembling a windsock. Several personifications of evil or allusions to dragon in the Old Testament are translated as forms of "draco" in Jerome's Vulgate. e.g Deuteronomy (32:33), Job (30:29), Psalms (73:13, 90:13 & 43:20), Isaiah (13:21, 27:1, 34:13 & 43:20), Jeremiah (9:11), Micah (1:8) and Malachi (1:3). Dragons in Greek mythology often guard treasure such as Ladon, a hundred headed dragon which guarded the tree of Herdias until he was slain by Heracles. Likewise Python guarded the oracle of Delphi until he was likewise slain by Apollo out of revenge for Python tormenting his mother. The Lerneaen Hydra, a multiple
5143 Heracles for "Heracles" and its moon are and kilometer, respectively. Follow-up observations in 2016 confirmed an orbital period of 17 hours for the asteroid moon. This minor planet was named after Heracles, the divine gatekeeper of the Olympus and one of the greatest heroes in Greek mythology, known for his strength and his "Twelve Labors". Heracles is the son of Zeus and Alcmena, after whom the asteroids and were named. In the Roman adaptation, Heracles is known as Hercules. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 14 July 1992 (). 5143 Heracles 5143 Heracles, provisional designation