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Hercules

(her -kyŭ-leez) An extensive but rather faint constellation in the northern hemisphere near Ursa Major. The brightest stars, Beta (β) and Zeta (ζ) Herculis, are of 2nd magnitude with many of 3rd and 4th magnitude. There are several binary stars, including Zeta and Rasalgethi (α) and the X-ray binary Hercules X-1; globular clusters include the Great Cluster in Hercules (M13), visible to the naked eye, and the smaller and slightly fainter M92 (NGC 6341). Hercules A is a distant and very powerful radio galaxy. Abbrev.: Her; genitive form: Herculis; approx. position: RA 17h, dec +30°; area: 1225 sq deg.
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Hercules

[′hər·kyə‚lēz]
(astronomy)
A constellation with no stars brighter than third magnitude; right ascension 17 hours, declination 30° north.
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Hercules

completed tasks requiring great bravery, strength, and ingenuity. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 448]
See: Heroism

Hercules

rescues Alcestis from Hades after her self-sacrifice. [Gk. Lit.: Alcestis; Ger. Opera: Gluck, Alceste, Westerman, 73–75]
See: Rescue

Hercules

his twelve labors revealed his godlike powers. [Rom. Myth.: Howe, 122]
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A pack of beggars who have become my good friends, have taught me twenty sorts of herculean feats, and now I give to my teeth every evening the bread which they have earned during the day by the sweat of my brow.
Philander, never what one might call robust, was worn to the shadow of a shadow through the ceaseless worry and mental distraction resultant from his Herculean efforts to safeguard the professor.
But as time went on and the Herculean nature of their task became more and more apparent they fell to grumbling, and to quarrelling among themselves, so that to the other dangers were now added dissension and suspicion.
He has been given this herculean task in view of his excellent track record of superb performance in the field of engineering which always yielded excellent results that made the entities profitable.
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