(Classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality.
1 The problem is solved by the sudden appearance of the deified Heracles .
2 He therefore insisted on Heracles substituting two more labours in their place.
3 The entry of Heracles practically makes the play double, marring its continuity.
4 Then Heracles went north to where the Coryneian deer took her pasture.
5 But Heracles pleaded with him, and he took her by the hand.
6 The Heracles sensor logs showed an enemy with an overwhelming technological superiority.
7 Then a great chariot came and Heracles was borne away to Olympus.
8 Jason spoke, and some looked to him and some looked to Heracles .
9 With lips wet with the water they cried to each other, Heracles !
10 There was, after all, the shirt of Nessus that had killed Heracles .
11 The purest part of the soul had gone away; this was Heracles himself.
12 In the picture, Heracles is returning with the squealing boar on his shoulder.
13 The Greeks revelled in reverence of Heracles by reason of his twelve labours.
14 Then it so happened that Heracles came into the palace of the king.
15 And Heracles forgot Iole, the childlike maiden whom he had seen in Oichalia.
16 The ship had proceeded some distance before the absence of Heracles was observed.
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