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Hercules
Hercules
Hercules is the Roman name for Greek demigod Heracles, son of Zeus , and the mortal Alcmene...

is the mythical Roman hero and son of the god Jupiter.

Hercules may also refer to:
  • Heracles
    Heracles
    Heracles ,born Alcaeus or Alcides , was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus...

    , the mythical Greek hero from which Hercules was adapted
  • Hercules (constellation)
    Hercules (constellation)
    Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Hercules was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today...


Companies and corporations

  • Hercules (corporation), a multi-national computer product manufacturer
  • Hercules (vehicles)
    Hercules (vehicles)
    Hercules was a Greek manufacturer of agricultural machinery based in Kerkyra . It also produced light vehicles categorized as "farm equipment" according to Greek law, including light all-terrain vehicles. The latter used Namco parts and Mitsubishi, Kubota and Ruggerini engines...

     a Greek manufacturer of farm vehicles
  • Hercules Gas Engine Company
    Hercules Gas Engine Company
    The Hercules Gas engine company was a United States based company which produced buggies.- History :The company was founded in 1902, in Cincinnati Ohio...

    , an engine manufacturer from Cincinnati, Ohio
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

  • Hercules Motor Car Company, a former automobile manufacturer in New Albany, Indiana
    New Albany, Indiana
    New Albany is a city in Floyd County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Kentucky. In 1900, 20,628 people lived in New Albany; in 1910, 20,629; in 1920, 22,992; and in 1940, 25,414. The population was 36,372 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of...

  • Hercules Inc.
    Hercules Inc.
    Hercules, Inc., was a chemical and munitions manufacturing company based in Wilmington, Delaware, which was formed in 1912 as the Hercules Powder Company. Hercules was spun-off from the DuPont Corporation as a result of U.S. federal government actions in the field of antitrusts...

    , formerly a chemical company that merged with and became Ashland, Inc.
  • Hercules Cycle and Motor Company
    Hercules Cycle and Motor Company
    For the German Bicycle and Motorcycle manufacturer see: Hercules Fahrrad GmbH & CoThe Hercules Cycle and Motor Company Limited was a British bicycle manufacturer founded on 9 September 1910 in Aston in England....

    , a former major British bicycle manufacturer
  • Hercules GmbH
    Hercules (motorcycle)
    Hercules was a brand of motorcycle manufactured in Germany until 1992.The Hercules Company was founded in 1886 and began producing motorcycles in 1904. It was merged with Zweirad Union after being purchased by ZF Sachs in 1963....

    , a former motorcycle and bicycle company in Nürnberg, Germany

Drama and media

  • Hercules (Handel), a music drama by George Frideric Handel
  • Hercules (1958 film)
    Hercules (1958 film)
    Hercules is a 1958 Italian epic fantasy feature film based upon the Hercules myths and the Quest for the Golden Fleece. The film stars Steve Reeves as the titular hero and Sylva Koscina as his love interest Princess Iole. Hercules was directed by Pietro Francisci and produced by Federico Teti...

    , starring Steve Reeves
    • Hercules Unchained, a 1959 sequel starring Steve Reeves
  • Hercules (1983 film)
    Hercules (1983 film)
    Hercules is a 1983 Italian adventure film written and directed by Luigi Cozzi. The film follows the exploits of Hercules.Part of the adventure finds Hercules battling giant robots brought to life by stop motion animation. The musical score was provided by Pino Donaggio.Despite not being a critical...

    , starring Lou Ferrigno
  • Hercules (1997 film)
    Hercules (1997 film)
    Hercules is a 1997 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fifth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker...

    , the Disney animated film
    • Hercules (soundtrack), the soundtrack for Disney's 1997 animated feature
    • Hercules (video game)
      Hercules (video game)
      Disney's Hercules: Action Game is a video game for the PlayStation and PC created in 1997 by Disney Interactive Software. It was made after the animated movie released in the same year.-Plot:The game follows the same storyline from the animated film...

      , a 1997 video game based on the Disney animated film
    • Herc's Adventures
      Herc's Adventures
      Herc's Adventures is the title of a video game released for the Sega Saturn and the PlayStation by LucasArts Entertainment in 1997.The overhead, action-adventure format was similar to Zombies Ate My Neighbors...

        video game released for the Sega Saturn
      Sega Saturn
      The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...

       and PlayStation
      PlayStation
      The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...

       by LucasArts Entertainment in 1997.
    • Hercules: The Animated Series
      Hercules: The Animated Series
      Hercules is an animated series based on the 1997 film of the same name and the Greek myth. The series follows teenage Hercules training as a hero as well as trying to adjust to life. With his free-spirited friend Icarus, his future-seeing friend Cassandra and his teacher Philoctetes , he battles...

      , a TV series based on the Disney movie
  • Hercules (TV miniseries)
    Hercules (TV miniseries)
    Hercules is a 2005 RHI Entertainment television miniseries, chronicling the life of the legendary Greek hero, Heracles, called Hercules in this series...

    , an NBC 2005 TV miniseries
  • Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
    Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
    Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...

    , a TV series from 1995–1999, starring Kevin Sorbo
  • Hercules in New York
    Hercules in New York
    Hercules in New York is a 1969 fantasy adventure film. It is known for being the first feature film to star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was about 22 years old when the film was produced...

    , Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1970 film debut
  • Hercules Returns
    Hercules Returns
    Hercules Returns is a 1993 Australian comedy film directed by David Parker, starring David Argue, Michael Carman, Bruce Spence and Mary Coustas. The film has a cult following in Australia and other countries...

    , a 1993 Australian comedy film
  • The Mighty Hercules
    The Mighty Hercules
    The Mighty Hercules was an animated series based loosely on the Greek mythological character of Heracles, under his Roman Mythology name, Hercules. It was created in 1962 and then debuted on TV in 1963 and ran until 1966 coinciding with the sword and sandal genre of films popular at the...

    , a 1963 animated television series
  • The Sons of Hercules
    The Sons of Hercules
    The Sons of Hercules was a syndicated Embassy Pictures television show that aired in the United States of America in the 1960s. The series repackaged 14 Italian sword-and-sandal films by giving them a standardized theme song for the opening and closing titles, as well as a standard introductory...

    , a 1970s television series
  • Young Hercules
    Young Hercules
    Young Hercules is a spin-off from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It was aired on Fox Kids from September 12, 1998, to May 12, 1999. It lasted one season with 50 episodes and starred Ryan Gosling in the title role.-Plot:...

    , a 1998 television series
  • "Hercules", a song by Midnight Oil, from their 1985 EP Species Deceases
    Species Deceases
    Species Deceases is an EP by Midnight Oil that was released in 1985 under the CBS record label. It was released on 6 August 1985, the 40th anniversary of Hiroshima being bombed by the USA....

  • Hercules, a superhero in the 1970s Filmation animated cartoon Space Sentinels
    Space Sentinels
    Space Sentinels is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Filmation which debuted on the American NBC network on September 10, 1977 and ran for thirteen half-hour episodes...

  • Hercules, a superhero in the 1970s Filmation animated cartoon The Freedom Force
  • "Herculean" (song)
    Herculean (song)
    "Herculean" is the first single by The Good, the Bad and the Queen, an alternative rock band fronted by Damon Albarn. Though Albarn later claimed that the band was unnamed, and that "The Good, The Bad & The Queen" was merely the name of band's first album, this single clearly credits the artist as...

    , a single by The Good, the Bad, and the Queen
  • Hercules (1984 video game)
    Hercules (1984 video game)
    Hercules is a platforming video game first published for the Commodore 64 by Interdisc in 1984. It was later reissued by Alpha Omega/The Power House and ported to a number of other home computers.-Gameplay:...

    , a 1980s video game for home computers published by Interdisc, Alpha Omega and The Power House
  • Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae
    Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae
    The Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae is a setting of the Ordinary of the Mass composed by Josquin des Prez, and dedicated to Ercole d'Este I, Duke of Ferrara...

    , a setting of Mass dedicated to Ercole d'Este I

In fiction

  • Hercules (Disney character), a fictional character from the Disney movie Hercules
  • Hercules (jurisprudence), the name of the ideal judge of legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin
    Ronald Dworkin
    Ronald Myles Dworkin, QC, FBA is an American philosopher and scholar of constitutional law. He is Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University and Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, and has taught previously at Yale Law School and the...

  • Hercules (TUGS), a fictional character from children's series TUGS
  • Hercules (comics)
    Hercules (comics)
    Hercules, or Heracles, in comics, may refer to:* Hercules , a long-running Marvel character** Hercules, a trainee member of The Order.* Hercules , a DC Comics character...

    , any of the various versions of that mythical hero in comics, the two most prominent of which are:
    • Hercules (DC Comics)
      Hercules (DC Comics)
      Hercules is a fictional Olympian god in the DC Universe based on the Greek demigod and hero of the same name....

      , the DC Comics version of the hero
    • Hercules (Marvel Comics)
      Hercules (Marvel Comics)
      Hercules is a fictional character that appears in publications by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Journey into Mystery Annual #1 and was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby....

      , the Marvel comics version of the hero
  • Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
    Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
    Hercules Grytpype-Thynne was a character from the British 1950s comedy radio programme The Goon Show. He was voiced by Peter Sellers. In the episode "Who Is Pink Oboe?", Valentine Dyall filled-in for the role in Sellers' absence....

    , a character from the British 1950's comedy radio programme The Goon Show
  • HerculesKabuterimon, a Digimon character
  • Berserker (Fate/stay night), The Moon Light, Visual Game and Anime character, depicted as Hercules or Heracles

People

  • Hercules (chef)
    Hercules (chef)
    Hercules was the head cook at George Washington's Virginia plantation Mount Vernon in the 1780s. In November 1790, he was brought to Philadelphia to work in the kitchen of the President's House...

    , a slave belonging to George Washington
  • Hércules Brito Ruas
    Hércules Brito Ruas
    Brito, real name Hércules de Brito Ruas, is a former Brazilian footballer. He played as a central defender for several clubs, and for the Brazilian national team.-Clubs:...

    , a former football (soccer) player from Brazil
  • Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
    Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
    Hercules Brabazon Brabazon was an English artist, accomplished in Turner manner watercolours....

     (1821–1906), English artist
  • Hercules Burnett
    Hercules Burnett
    Hercules H. Burnett , was a Major League Baseball player who was mainly a center fielder for the Louisville Colonels. He played briefly for the Colonels in while the team was in the American Association, and in again when the Colonels were a member of the National League...

     (1865–1936), a Major League Baseball player
  • Hércules de Miranda
    Hércules de Miranda
    Hércules de Miranda, commonly known as just Hércules , was an association footballer who played forward in the 1938 FIFA World Cup with the Brazilian national team.-Career:...

     (1912–1982), a Brazilian footballer
  • Hércules Florence
    Hércules Florence
    Antoine Hercule Romuald Florence was a French-Brazilian painter and inventor, known as the isolate inventor of photography in Brazil, three years before Daguerre , using the matrix negative/positive, still in use...

     (1804–1879), a French-Brazilian painter and inventor
  • Hercules Huncks
    Hercules Huncks
    Hercules Huncks was an English soldier and one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England.Hercules Huncks was born in Warwickshire. Although the rest of his family were Royalist, he joined the Parliamentarians and attained the rank of colonel in the New Model Army...

    , one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England
  • Hercules Kyvelos
    Hercules Kyvelos
    Hercules Kyvelos is a Greek-Canadian boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former Canadian Welterweight Champion. He fought at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Amateur career:...

    , a welterweight boxer from Canada
  • Hercules Linton
    Hercules Linton
    Hercules Linton was a Scottish surveyor, designer, shipbuilder, antiquarian and local councillor, best known as the designer of the Cutty Sark and partner in the yard of Scott and Linton which built her....

     (1836–1900), a Scottish shipbuilder and designer
  • Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
    Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
    Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, GCMG, PC was a British colonial administrator who became the 5th Governor of Hong Kong...

    , the 5th governor of Hong Kong
  • Hercules Ross
    Hercules Ross
    Hercules Ross was a Scottish merchant, who made a fortune in Jamaica, became an intimate friend of Horatio Nelson and figured prominently, if briefly, in the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade.-Origins:...

     (1745–1816), a Scottish merchant involved in the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade
  • Hercules Seghers
    Hercules Seghers
    Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers or Segers was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age. Segers is in fact the more common form in contemporary documents, and was used by the painter himself...

     (1589–1638), a Dutch painter and printmaker
  • Hercules Taylour
    Hercules Taylour
    Major Hercules Langford Taylour styled The Honourable from 1760, was an Irish soldier and politician....

     (1759–1790), an Irish soldier and politician
  • Herculez Gomez
    Herculez Gomez
    Herculez Gomez Hurtado is an American soccer player who currently plays for Estudiantes Tecos in the Primera División de México.-Early life:...

    , an American soccer player
  • Ercole Dembowski
    Ercole Dembowski
    Ercole Dembowski was an Italian astronomer.He was born in Milan. He inherited the title of "Baron" as the son of Jan Dembowski , one of Napoleon's Polish generals. He served in the navy of Austria-Hungary until 1843.He was a tireless observer of double stars and made tens of thousands of...

    , an Italian astronomer
  • Erekle II
    Erekle II
    Erekle II was a Georgian monarch of the Bagrationi Dynasty, reigning as the king of Kakheti from 1744 to 1762, and of Kartli and Kakheti from 1762 until 1798. In the contemporary Persian sources he is referred to as Erekli Khan, while Russians knew him as Irakli...

    , a king of Georgia in the Caucasus
  • Francis, Duke of Anjou (1555–1584), birth name Hercule François
  • Ray Fernandez
    Ray Fernandez
    Raymond Fernandez was a professional wrestler who primarily wrestled in Florida and Texas before joining the World Wrestling Federation. He was best known by the ring name Hercules Hernandez or simply Hercules...

    , a former WWF wrestler whose ring name was Hercules
  • Ruben Cruz
    Ruben Cruz
    Ruben Cruz , known by his ringname Hercules Ayala, is a retired Puerto Rican professional wrestler who has competed in Canadian and international wrestling promotions including the eastern Canadian Grand Prix Wrestling, the Calgary-based Stampede Wrestling and the World Wrestling...

    , a retired Puerto Rican wrestler known by his ring name Hercules Ayala

Places

  • Hercules, California
    Hercules, California
    Hercules is a city in western Contra Costa County, California. Situated along the coast of San Pablo Bay, it is located in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area, about northeast of San Francisco. The city has a 2010 population of 24,060 according to the U.S...

    , a small town named after an explosive used by the former California Powder Works company
  • Hercules (constellation)
    Hercules (constellation)
    Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Hercules was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today...

    , a constellation
    • Hercules Cluster
      Hercules Cluster
      The Hercules Cluster is a cluster of about 100 galaxies some 650 million light-years distant in the constellation Hercules. It is rich in spiral galaxies and shows many interacting galaxies...

      , a cluster of about 100 galaxies in the constellation Hercules
  • Hercules (crater)
    Hercules (crater)
    Hercules is a prominent crater located in the northwest part of the Moon, to the east of the crater Atlas. It lies along the east edge of a southward extension in the Mare Frigoris. To the west across the mare is Bürg. To the south is the ruined crater Williams.The interior walls of Hercules have...

    , a lunar impact crater
  • Hercules Glades Wilderness, a wilderness area in Missouri
  • Hercules Mine, Idaho
    Hercules Mine, Idaho
    The Hercules Mine was one of the richest lead/silver mines in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains in Burke, Idaho. It was discovered by Henry L. Day, a bookkeeper and clerk, and Fred Harper, a local prospector. In 1923 the mine owners founded the Day Mines, Inc. company. Other investors in the mine...

    , a silver mine in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains in Idaho
  • Hercules monument (Kassel)
    Hercules monument (Kassel)
    The Hercules monument is an important landmark in the German city of Kassel. It is located in the "Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe", northern Hesse, Germany....

    , the landmark of Kassel, Hesse, Germany
  • Hercules Station & Terminal
    Hercules Station & Terminal
    Hercules Amtrak Station and Ferry Terminal is a planned intermodal infill railway station and ferry terminal in Hercules, California in Western Contra Costa County...

    , a direct rail-to-ferry transit hub in Hercules, California
  • Herculaneum
    Herculaneum
    Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in AD 79, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano, in the Italian region of Campania in the shadow of Mt...

    , an ancient Roman town in Campania, Italy
  • Băile Herculane
    Baile Herculane
    Băile Herculane is a town in Romanian Banat, in Caraş-Severin County, situated in the valley of the Cerna River, between the Mehedinţi Mountains to the east and the Cerna Mountains to the west, elevation 168 meters. Its current population is approximately 6,000...

    , a spa town in Romania where Hercules supposedly rested during his travels
  • Great Altar of Hercules
    Great Altar of Hercules
    The Great Altar of Unconquered Hercules stood in the Forum Boarium of ancient Rome. It was the earliest cult-centre of Hercules in Rome, predating the circular Temple of Hercules Victor. The altar stood until it was demolished by order of Pope Sixtus IV...

    , a temple of the Forum Boarium, Rome, Italy
  • Temple of Hercules Victor
    Temple of Hercules Victor
    The Temple of Hercules Victor or Hercules Olivarius is an ancient edifice located in the Forum Boarium close to the Tiber in Rome. It is a monopteros, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely encircled by a colonnade...

    , a temple of the Forum Boarium, Rome, Italy
  • Tower of Hercules
    Tower of Hercules
    The Tower of Hercules is an ancient Roman lighthouse on a peninsula about from the centre of A Coruña, Galicia, in north-western Spain. Until the 20th century, the tower itself was known as the "Farum Brigantium". The Latin word farum is derived from the Greek pharos for the Lighthouse of...

    , an ancient Roman lighthouse at A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Teams

  • Hércules (Salvadoran team), a football team based in San Salvador, El Salvador
  • Hércules CF
    Hércules CF
    Hércules Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1922, it currently plays in the Spanish second division, and holds home games at the Estadio José Rico Pérez, which seats 30,000 spectators.-History:After first...

     a football team based in Alicante, Spain

Technology

  • Hercules emulator
    Hercules emulator
    Hercules is a computer emulator which allows software designed for IBM mainframe computers and for plug-compatible mainframes to run on other types of computer hardware: notably on low-cost personal computers...

    , an IBM mainframe emulator
  • Hercules Graphics Card
    Hercules Graphics Card
    The Hercules Graphics Card was a computer graphics controller made by Hercules Computer Technology, Inc. which, through its popularity, became a widely supported display standard. It was common on IBM PC compatibles connected to a monochrome monitor . It supported one high resolution text mode and...

    , a computer graphics controller made by Hercules Computer Technology, Inc.
    • Hercules InColor Card
      Hercules InColor Card
      The Hercules InColor Card was an IBM PC compatible graphics controller card released in April 1987 by Hercules Computer Technology, Inc. After the success of the monochrome Hercules Graphics Card which gained wide developer support, the market was changing with the release of new colour cards...

      , an IBM PC compatible graphics controller card released in April 1987
  • HERCULES laser, a high-power laser
    Laser
    A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...

     from the University of Michigan
    University of Michigan
    The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

  • Bristol Hercules
    Bristol Hercules
    |-See also:-Bibliography:*Gunston, B. Classic World War II Aircraft Cutaways. Osprey. ISBN 1-85532-526-8*Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9...

    , an aircraft engine
  • Nike-Hercules Missile
    Nike-Hercules Missile
    The MIM-14 Nike-Hercules , was a solid fuel propelled two-stage surface-to-air missile, used by US and NATO armed forces for high- and medium-altitude air defense...

    , a surface-to-air missile used by US and NATO armed forces
  • Hercules Engine Company, a U.S. engine manufacturer http://www.herculesengine.com/history.htm
  • Hercules PSU
    Hercules PSU
    Hercules is the de-facto brand name of a range of substitute, or 'upgrade,' power supplies for audiophile turntables that use a synchronous motor....

    , a power supply unit for audiophile turntables

Vehicles

  • Hercules (1872–1889), one of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo class
    South Devon Railway Buffalo class
    The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...

     steam locomotives
  • Hercules was one of the GWR 3031 Class
    GWR 3031 Class
    The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...

     locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
  • Hercules (1907)
    Hercules (1907)
    The Hercules is a 1907 built steam tug, which is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.- History of the Hercules :...

    , a 1907 built steam tug now preserved in San Francisco, California
  • Hercules (motorcycle)
    Hercules (motorcycle)
    Hercules was a brand of motorcycle manufactured in Germany until 1992.The Hercules Company was founded in 1886 and began producing motorcycles in 1904. It was merged with Zweirad Union after being purchased by ZF Sachs in 1963....

    , a brand of motorcycles built by Sachs Motorcycles
  • Lockheed C-130 Hercules
    C-130 Hercules
    The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...

    , a military transport aircraft
  • de Havilland Hercules, a 1920s airliner/mailplane
  • HMS Hercules
    HMS Hercules
    Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hercules, or HMS Hercule, after the Greek and Roman hero Hercules. Another was launched, but never served in the Navy: was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1759 and sold in 1784....

    , several ships of the Royal Navy
  • Hughes H-4 Hercules
    Hughes H-4 Hercules
    The Hughes H-4 Hercules is a prototype heavy transport aircraft designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft company. The aircraft made its only flight on November 2, 1947 and the project was never advanced beyond the single example produced...

    , or "Spruce Goose", the largest flying boat ever built
  • M88 Hercules (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System), armored battlefield recovery vehicle a number of steamships with this name

Other

  • Farnese Hercules
    Farnese Hercules
    The Farnese Hercules is an ancient sculpture, probably an enlarged copy made in the early third century AD and signed by a certain Glykon, from an original by Lysippos that would have been made in the fourth century BC...

    , an ancient sculpture, one of the most famous sculptures made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome
  • Hercules the Archer
    Hercules the Archer
    Hercules the Archer is a 1909 sculpture by Antoine Bourdelle.It was a command of financial and philanthropist Thomas Gabriel. The sculpture was to be initially conducted in a single copy as requested by Gabriel Thomas...

    , a 1909 sculpture by Antoine Bourdelle
  • Operation Herkules
    Operation Herkules
    Operation Herkules was the German code-name given to a planned but never-executed Italo-German invasion of Malta during World War II...

    , the canceled invasion of Malta in World War II

See also

  • Heracles (disambiguation)
    Heracles (disambiguation)
    Heracles or Herakles is the Greek mythic hero and son of the god Zeus.Heracles may also refer to:*Hercules, the Roman mythological analogue to the Greek Heracles.-Film and television:...

  • Hercules' Club (disambiguation)
  • Hercule (disambiguation)
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