Hercules
['hə:kjuli:z]
Definition
(noun.) a large constellation in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis.
(noun.) (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality.
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Definition
(n.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."
(n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
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Examples
- Hercules, the only other son of Alexander, was murdered also. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To read the description of him in that passport and then look at me, any man could see that I was no more like him than I am like Hercules. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow,--a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It seems, therefore, not incredible that the region abou t the Pillars of Hercules [Gibraltar] is connected with that of India, and that there is thus only one ocean. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Hercules holding the distaff was but a faint type of Peter bearing the roses. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A man entered who could hardly have been less than six feet six inches in height, with the chest and limbs of a Hercules. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- This was a tall young man, surprisingly handsome, with a dark, fierce face, and the limbs and chest of a Hercules. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The choice of Hercules is a pretty fable; but Prodicus makes it easy work for the hero, as if the first resolves were enough. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The two vertical strokes are thought to represent the Pillars of Hercules, which were stamped upon the coin itself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The ancients considered the Pillars of Hercules the head of navigation and the end of the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He is compared to the demi-god Hercules, from whom indeed he claimed descent, and also to the Indian Bacchus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Morse made a careful drawing of the Farnese Hercules and took it to West. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Morse now decided to paint a large picture of The Dying Hercules for exhibition at the Royal Academy. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- When Hanno reached what he thought was the most westerly point of Africa, he set up a temple to Hercules. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And it was a town, though a queer one, when Hercules, clad in his lion skin, landed here, four thousand years ago. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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