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/ˈhɝkjəˌɫiz/
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NOUN
- a large constellation in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis
- (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
How To Use Hercules In A Sentence
- Hercules ropes are pre-formed, to minimize unlaying and its resultant cost during further fabrication
- And yes, for those who have always wondered, penguin tipping from a hercules is both easy, harmless, and amusing. Development Opportunities « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
- Oh!" replied Spicer, who had heard of Sir Hercules and his lady, "so the _lady_ sent it to you? Poor Jack
- On the upper shelf is the figure of Hercules after the statue in the Palazzo Farnese.
- There must be some place for warmth in this cold world, she thought, and watched the fireflies dance around a moss-grown statue of Hercules.
- A bronze figure of Hercules supports an ormolu bowl surmounted by a triple row of plumes, from which rise the three candle branches.
- Nessus, a centaur, offered to help Hercules get Deianira across the river.
- Hercules’ pillars in a warm benefice, to be easily inclinable, if he have nothing else that may rouse up his studies, to finish his circuit in an English Concordance and a topic folio, the gatherings and savings of a sober graduateship, a Harmony and a Areopagitica
- The tamer and subduer of monsters and tyrants, Hercules (vanquished by the snares of loue), did not he handle the distaffe in stead of his mightie mace? The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1
- The biceps of Hercules was a puny affair when he rolled about in swaddling-clothes. Jack London: On the Writer's Philosophy of Life
