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Heracles
[ her-uh-kleez ]
noun
- Also called Heracles Furens [fyoor, -, uh, ns]. (italics) a tragedy (420? b.c.) by Euripides.
Heracles
/ ˈ³óÉ›°ùəˌ°ì±ô¾±Ë³ú /
noun
- the usual name (in Greek) for Hercules 1
Derived Forms
- ËŒ±á±ð°ù²¹Ëˆ³¦±ô±ð²¹²Ô, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±á±ð°ùa·³¦±ô±ða²Ô adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The most famous of these, perhaps, is the Greek myth in which Hera pushes away the baby Heracles from her bosom, and her breast milk spills from horizon to horizon.
He has made just five appearances for Celta this season, all as a substitute, totaling 54 minutes, following his transfer from the Dutch club Heracles.
Never mind Zeus or Heracles or any of the other Greek gods.
Just think King Arthur meets Heracles with a dash of Thor and multiply that by fifty thousand.
It has produced Euripides’ “The Bacchae†in rural communities affected by the opioid crisis, “The Madness of Heracles†in neighborhoods afflicted by gun violence and gang wars, and Aeschylus’ “Prometheus Bound†in prisons.
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