Hercules

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his twelve labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.

   “THere were many Hercules'''’s, but (as Tully ſays, de Nat. Deor. lib. 3.) the famous Actions of them all are aſcrib’d to him who was the Son of Jupiter, by Alcmena, the Wife of Amphitryo King of Thebes.”

2. özel isim A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero, lying between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.
3. özel isim A crater in the first quadrant on the moon.
4. özel isim A male given name from Ancient Greek.
5. özel isim A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
6. isim A Hercules beetle.
7. isim A man with Herculean attributes.

   “For the immaculate gentleman her cries had lured to what was to have been his death had been suddenly metamorphosed into a demon of revenge. Instead of soft muscles and a weak resistance, she was looking upon a veritable Hercules gone mad.”