(Classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality.
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Examples for "Hercules"
Examples for "Hercules"
1Even a statue she'd once seen of the great Hercules fell short.
2On Friday, Czech media reported it could include several Hercules transport aircraft.
3To capture the oxen of Geryon was the tenth labor of Hercules.
4The combat of Hercules with the Nemæan lion was his first labor.
5The Hercules pavilion was mysterious; Hercules with the lion, instructive and powerful.
1The Herakles plantation is a test case for an African industry-in-the-making.
2It ends with the lament of the Chorus for the departure of Herakles:
3Bœotia adopted for hers the shield of Herakles, and Macedonia that of Ares.
4These are those Dionysos and Herakles of whom speak the old Greek authorities.
5They found, too, the carved marble slabs that showed the labors of Herakles.
1We managed to pull the canoe and Alcides close to the rocks.
2There I saw Alcides rush out of the house and run toward me.
3I asked Alcides and the other men, and pressed them for an answer.
4To make matters worse, Alcides that day broke out in revolt.
5Even at the distaff I recognize Alcides, whether for evil or for good.
1The problem is solved by the sudden appearance of the deified Heracles.
2He therefore insisted on Heracles substituting two more labours in their place.
3The entry of Heracles practically makes the play double, marring its continuity.
4Heracles swung his club and struck the two heads off the hound.
5Then Heracles went north to where the Coryneian deer took her pasture.
6Heracles sprang on it and put his great hands upon its throat.
7But Heracles pleaded with him, and he took her by the hand.
8The Heracles sensor logs showed an enemy with an overwhelming technological superiority.
9Then a great chariot came and Heracles was borne away to Olympus.
10Jason spoke, and some looked to him and some looked to Heracles.
11With lips wet with the water they cried to each other, Heracles!
12Heracles killed them all off. She leaned forward and tickled his ear.
13There was, after all, the shirt of Nessus that had killed Heracles.
14The purest part of the soul had gone away; this was Heracles himself.
15Heracles was the greatest of the national heroes of the Greeks.
16In the picture, Heracles is returning with the squealing boar on his shoulder.
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