Hercules
Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek demigod Heracles, who was the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
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... Hercules (#6) is an ocean-going tug who is tasked with escorting large vessels to port, or answering distress calls at sea ... His hull and superstructure resemble Hercules, a 1907 ocean-going tug built in New Jersey and operating in San Francisco ... Chris Tulloch notes that the Hercules model was about 36 inches long ...
... The Lockheed Martin C-130J "Super" Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft ... The C-130J is a comprehensive update of the venerable Lockheed C-130 Hercules, with new engines, flight deck, and other systems ... The Hercules family has the longest continuous production run of any military aircraft in history ...
... tomb of Sostratus, which was mounded by Hercules to honor his friend ... At his tomb there was a pillar with the figure of Hercules where the Dymeans offered sacrifices ... with Polystratus, a hero of Dyme who assisted Hercules in the war against the Elean king Augeas and was killed there ...
... Hercules's sister city is Tsushima, Japan. ...
... Again (Robert Trebor guest-starred, but did not play Salmoneus) Hercules The Legendary Journeys and Xena Warrior Princess TV movies Hercules and the Amazon Women Hercules and the Lost Kingdom Hercules and the Circle ...
More definitions of "Hercules":
- (noun): A large constellation in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis.
Famous quotes containing the word hercules:
“I was with Hercules and Cadmus once,
When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear
With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear
Such gallant chiding; for besides the groves,
The skies, the fountains, every region near
Seemed all one mutual cry. I never heard
So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“How many cowards, whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who, inward searched, have livers white as milk!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I expect a time when, or rather an integrity by which, a man will get his coat as honestly and as perfectly fitting as a tree its bark. Now our garments are typical of our conformity to the ways of the world, i.e., of the devil, and to some extent react on us and poison us, like that shirt which Hercules put on.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)