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Her·cu·les
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alcyoneus
a giant who threw a stone at Hercules and was killed when Hercules hit the stone back with his club. -
herculean
requiring the great strength of a Hercules; very hard to perform: Digging the tunnel was a herculean task. -
alebion
a son of Poseidon who, with his brother Dercynus, was killed by Hercules while attempting to steal the cattle that Hercules had taken from Geryon. -
amyntor
a king of Ormenium who refused to give his daughter Astydamia to Hercules and who was slain by Hercules. -
eurystheus
a grandson of Perseus, who, through the favour of Hera, inherited the kingship of Mycenae, which Zeus had intended for Hercules -
hercules beetle
a large Neotropical rhinoceros beetle, Dynastes hercules.