- labours of Hercules
- cм. a Herculean labour
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Labours of Hercules — The Twelve Labours of Hercules (Greek: Δωδεκαθλος , dodekathlos ) age a series of archaic episodes connected by a later continuous narrative, concerning a penance carried out by the greatest of the Greek heroes, Heracles, romanised as Hercules.… … Wikipedia
The Labours of Hercules — Infobox Book | name = The Labours of Hercules title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the US (true first) edition. See Publication history (below) for UK first edition jacket image. author = Agatha Christie… … Wikipedia
The Labours of Hercules — Les Travaux d Hercule (Agatha Christie) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Douze travaux (homonymie). Les Travaux d Hercule (The Labours of Hercules dans l édition originale britannique) est un recueil de 12 nouvelles policières et un prologue,… … Wikipédia en Français
Hércules Poirot — (Hercule Poirot en la versión original en inglés y pronunciado [ɛʀ kyl pwa ʀo] en francés) es un detective ficticio belga creado por Agatha Christie. Junto con Miss Marple, es uno de los personajes más famosos creados por la escritora y es el… … Wikipedia Español
Twelve Labours of Hercules — noun Twelve tasks carried out by the Greek hero Herakles (romanized as Hercules) as his penance … Wiktionary
Hercules — This article is about the Roman mythological hero. For the Greek mythic hero from which Hercules was adapted, see Heracles. For other uses, see Hercules (disambiguation). Gilded bronze Roman Hercules of the Theatre of Pompey , found near the… … Wikipedia
Hercules of the Forum Boarium — Two remarkable survivals of full size Greek and Roman bronzes demonstrate the reaction of classicising Hellenistic and Roman sculptors to the style of Lysippus. The first, the gilded bronze Hercules of the Forum Boarium, was discovered on the… … Wikipedia
Hercules — Her|cu|les in ancient Roman stories, a ↑hero known for his very great strength and for performing twelve very difficult and dangerous jobs known as the Labours of Hercules. People sometimes use the name Hercules to describe a man who is… … Dictionary of contemporary English
HERCULES — the typical hero of the Greeks, son of Zeus and Alkmene, and the tried therefore of Hera, who persecuted him from his cradle, sending two serpents to devour him as he lay there, but which he strangled with his arms; grown into manhood, and… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Hercules in popular culture — Hercules, the Greek mythical hero also known as Heracles, has been an important figure in Western popular culture from the Renaissance to today.Since the Renaissance, Hercules has rarely been distinguished from Heracles, the Roman figure… … Wikipedia
Hercules — m Latin form of the name of the Greek mythological hero Herakles, whose name means ‘glory of Hera’. He was the son of Zeus, king of the gods, by Alcmene, a mortal woman. In many versions of the legend, despite the meaning of the name, Hera, chief … First names dictionary