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Hercules
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  • I was pretty sure Hercules had fought this thing once, but I couldn't remember how he'd beaten it.  (source)
  • But when he was held, rootless, in mid-air, by Hercules, he perished easily.  (source)
  • We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules,  (source)
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  • Most mythological dictionaries and classical reference works today follow the convention of transliterating the Greek proper names into the Latin alphabet ("Akhilleus" becomes "Achilles," "Odysseus" becomes "Ulysses," "Herakles" is "Hercules").  (source)
    Hercules = mythological Roman hero famous for his strength
  • This is a Herculean task," he added.†  (source)
    Herculean = requiring great strength or effort (like that of the mythological Hercules)
  • "If that was true, I'd be Hercules by now," Lori said.†  (source)
    Hercules = mythological Roman hero famous for his strength
  • With a Herculean effort, I managed to put her out of my mind by forcing myself to focus on the approaching battle.†  (source)
    Herculean = requiring great strength or effort (like that of the mythological Hercules)
  • Done it before, haven't you, Hercules?†  (source)
    Hercules = mythological Roman hero famous for his strength
  • After a Herculean effort was put into clearing the sunken barge and bringing in a new one, the POWs sank it, too.†  (source)
    Herculean = requiring great strength or effort (like that of the mythological Hercules)
  • Hercules.†  (source)
    Hercules = mythological Roman hero famous for his strength
  • We hadn't actually started the forms yet—that would require another herculean effort on another day.†  (source)
    herculean = requiring great strength or effort (like that of the mythological Hercules)
  • Dad said he was a greater hero than Hercules or Achilles that the Greeks were always bragging about and he could take on King Arthur and all his knights in a fair fight which, of course, you could never get with an Englishman anyway.†  (source)
    Hercules = mythological Roman hero famous for his strength
  • "Your first question," Teabing declared, his tone Herculean.†  (source)
    Herculean = requiring great strength or effort (like that of the mythological Hercules)
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