How To Use Heracles In A Sentence
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Heracles there appears a philanthropical as well as an ascetic theme, a hedonistic attraction towards a sim - pler, more natural way of life as a reaction against artificiality and excessive civilization.
CYNICISM
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Him mighty Heracles slew in sea-girt Erythea by his shambling oxen on that day when he drove the wide-browed oxen to holy Tiryns, and had crossed the ford of Ocean and killed Orthus and Eurytion the herdsman in the dim stead out beyond glorious
Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
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So then my inquiries show clearly that Heracles is an ancient god, and those of the Hellenes seem to me to act most rightly who have two temples of Heracles set up, and who sacrifice to the one as an immortal god and with the title Olympian, and make offerings of the dead288 to the other as a hero.
The History of Herodotus
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Heracles Almelo 2006/07 Eridivisie
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Heracles, the most renowned subjugator of all the semi-divine personages worshipped by the Hellenes, — a being of irresistible force, and especially beloved by Zeus, yet condemned constantly to labour for others and to obey the commands of a worthless and cowardly persecutor.
The Iliad of Homer
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Achilles and Heracles were ancient Greek heroes.
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I saw in Tyre, also, another temple … called after Heracles of Thasos; and so I went to Thasos.
A Historian For Our Time
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The helpful Mr Beach rounds off a most informative dispatch by revealing that the Dutch side Heracles Almelo, Greek club Iraklis of Salonica and recently-relegated Spanish minnows Hércules Alicante are all named after the demi-god son of the father of gods and men, Zeus.
Which teams are named after fictional characters? | The Knowledge | Barry Glendenning
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In very truth Heracles, though far away, has saved his comrades, fordone with thirst.
The Argonautica
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Hellenes seem to me to act most rightly who have two temples of Heracles set up, and who sacrifice to the one as an immortal god and with the title Olympian, and make offerings of the dead [49] to the other as a hero.
The history of Herodotus — Volume 1
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Its buzz is really created by its connection with Alexander the Great, who traced his lineage back to the god Heracles, and how it slightly rewrites the history of early Greece.
A Classical Education to Treasure
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Troy, the Electra represents the vengeance of Orestes, the crowning event in the tale of 'Pelops' line ', the Trachiniae recounts the last crisis in the life of Heracles.
The Seven Plays in English Verse
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The oracle was consulted by Achilles, Heracles and other mythological heroes.
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So then my inquiries show clearly that Heracles is an ancient god, and those of the Hellenes seem to me to act most rightly who have two temples of Heracles set up, and who sacrifice to the one as an immortal god and with the title Olympian, and make offerings of the dead to the other as a hero.
An Account of Egypt: Being the Second Book of His Histories Called Euterpe. Paras. 1-19
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Admetus," Heracles said, when he came before him, "Admetus, there is something I would have you do for me.
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
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The oracle was consulted by Achilles, Heracles and other mythological heroes.
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Handsome mosaic floors, three aisles, and a semicircular apse give it the look of a church, but stucco friezes on the walls show Orpheus leading Eurydice back from Hades, Heracles rescuing Hesione from the sea monster, and other scenes of mythological deliverance.
Underground Rome
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The demigod is often part god — half-god in the case of Heracles, two-thirds in the case of Gilgamesh.
Archive 2009-07-01
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The legend of Heracles is also present at Delphi, when the great hero stole the "Tripod of the Oracle".
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Regarding mortality, certainly the opponents of the Lapiths and Heracles were mortal; on the other hand, Sophocles and Apollodorus (in re: Prometheus unbinding) descrive Cheiron as immortal, squaring with his separate birth; and on yet another hand, Pindar (Pythian 3) calls Cheiron dead (Ovid alludes to his wounding and death, but doesn't say how).
The Origins of Centaurs
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When the infant Heracles caught Hera"s two serpents in its hands, it was Tiresias who cast the child"s fortune and revealed the divine origin and destiny of the boy .
