"Hercules" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it as a noun to refer to the mythological half-man, half-god hero of greek mythology, or as the name of any of the films or TV series based on the character. For example: "Hercules is the hero of ancient Greek mythology." "The 2014 film Hercules starred Dwayne Johnson in the title role."
In it Dante writes of how Ulysses urged his men to push into the unknown, past the Pillars of Hercules.
It's because it's in the interest of certain individuals," said José Blanco, the minister of public works.In this section The spectre that haunts Europe The labours of Hercules So hard to bend Muddle obscures message ReprintsMr Zapatero, now in his second term, lacks a majority in parliament.
Its leader, Antonis Samaras, has been pointedly thanked by the European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso, for his constructive attitude.In this section The spectre that haunts Europe The labours of Hercules So hard to bend Muddle obscures message ReprintsBut the risk now is that the consensus for reform will ebb away.
Hercules proper the city of Newcastle is fine.Winners need help, tooBig cities would be finer still if they were allowed to grow.
Greek gods, such as Zeus, had stories of same-sex exploits attributed to them, as did other key figures in Greek myth and literature, such as Achilles and Hercules.
A representative from Lockheed Martin, an American defence firm, explained how its factory near to Hyderabad makes component parts for its global production of the massive C130-J Hercules plane.
The government has acquired over 100 second-hand Leopard 2 tanks, four Boeing C-17 heavy transport aircraft, 17 Hercules planes and made a commitment to buy 16 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters.
Along with the Farnese Bull a mountain of marble carved from a single block of stone, the largest surviving sculpture from antiquity— the original Hercules has stayed in Naples.
What Lucretius effectively asserts is that, on a Euhemeristic ranking, Epicurus is a far greater god than Ceres or Bacchus, held to have originally been the institutors of, respectively, agriculture and wine, and also a far greater god than the divinized Hercules.
So you don't have to delve into the archive (though it would be great if you want to – everyone from Ray Davies to Hercules & Love Affair are there) we've pulled them together in one place.
We don't know where our Pillars of Hercules are but if the boys follow me, I promise them, it will not be a 'witless flight'".
