NOUN
- (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
How To Use Herakles In A Sentence
- The placement is exceptional: The story of Herakles and Geryon enjoyed some popularity in vase painting, but the convention at the time was to show both figures on one side of the vase. Stories in Clay: Decoding Ancient Greek Pottery
- The story focuses on two containers, one holding the blood of Herakles, which is being sought by the Octopus, and the Golden Fleece, which is being sought by Sand Serif, played by Eva Mendes, the Spirit's ex-high school girlfriend and high-class jewel thief. Epinions Recent Content for Home
- Their play was Herakles in Lydia; Thettalos did Omphale and Iolaos, changing masks with great virtuosity, and most striking in the former role. The Mask of Apollo
- Suspended from the architrave or from the capital of the column is a pinax with a picture of Herakles.
- The Octopus wants the vase of Herakles which is supposed to make him immortal. Movie Review: The Spirit
- This leads up to what seems to her the best defence possible: that reading of the "Herakles" which the entrance of A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
- Herakles alone is positioned to consume food and drink.
- The names of Athena and Herakles are spelled the same way in each case, but both in the main field are retrograde inscriptions in contrast to the orthograde writing on the shoulder.
- In the first, Herakles tries out his weapons, still wearing the cuirass that bespeaks military engagement, and in the second, he strips down and turns to physical force alone.
- The Rhodians are brought in, amidst joyous loving laughter, among shouts of "Herakles" and A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)