Sentence example with the word 'hercules'

hercules

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Definition n. (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength

Last update: September 4, 2015


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Herodotus (himself a notable traveller in the 5th century B.C.) relates that the Egyptian king Necho of the XXVIth Dynasty (c. 600 B.C.) built a fleet on the Red Sea, and confided it to Phoenician sailors with the orders to sail southward and return to Egypt by the Pillars of Hercules and the Mediterranean sea.   [Please select]

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Gueulemer was a Hercules of no defined position.   [Please select]

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"You have a try, Hercules," said he, turning to Pierre.   [Please select]

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The officer roared like Hercules caught in the shirt of Nessus.   [Please select]

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Pompey, colonnades of, 154; temple of Hercules, 80.   [Please select]

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But by Hercules, child, how pale you are.   [Please select]

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