Hercules (disambiguation)
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Hercules is a mythical hero and son of the king of the Greek gods, Zeus. His legend is derived from the Greek legend of Heracles.
Hercules may also refer to:
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Companies and corporations
- Hercules (corporation), a multi-national computer product manufacturer
- Hercules Inc., a Fortune 500 chemical company in Wilmington, Delaware
- Hercules Cycle and Motor Company, a former major British bicycle manufacturer
- Hercules GmbH, a former motorcycle and bicycle company in Nürnberg, Germany
- Hercules (stock exchange), new stock exchange market in Osaka Securities Exchange
- Hercules (tire maker), a Mexican tire manufacturer
- Hercules Invictus, a Pennsylvanian non-profit organization
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Drama and media
- Heracles (Euripides), a Greek tragedy by Euripides
- Heracles (Wedekind), a play by Frank Wedekind
- Hercules (music drama), by George Frideric Handel
- Hercules (1958 film), starring Steve Reeves
- Hercules (1983 film), starring Lou Ferrigno
- Hercules (1997 film), the Disney animated film
- Hercules Action Game (1997), a video game made after the animated film
- Hercules (TV miniseries), an NBC 2005 TV miniseries
- Hercules in New York, Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1970 film debut
- Hercules: The Animated Series, based on the Disney movie
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, TV-series, 1995-1999, starring Kevin Sorbo
- The Mighty Hercules, a 1963 animated television series
- The Sons of Hercules, a 1970s television series
- Young Hercules, a 1998 television series
- Hercules, a superhero in the 1970s Filmation animated cartoons Space Sentinels and The Freedom Force
- "Herculean" (song), a single by The Good, the Bad, and the Queen
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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
- Hercules (TUGS), a fictional character from children's series TUGS
- Hercules (comics), any of the various versions of that mythical hero in comics
- Hercules (DC Comics), the DC Comics version of the hero
- Hercules (Marvel Comics), the Marvel comics version of the hero
- Berserker (Fate/stay night), The Moon Light, Visual Game and Anime character, depicted as Hercules or Heracles
- Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's Belgian detective
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People
- Hercules (chef), a slave belonging to George Washington
- Ray Fernandez, former WWF wrestler whose ring name was Hercules
- Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906), English artist
- Erekle II, a king of Georgia in the Caucasus
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Places
- Hercules, California, a small town named after an explosive used by the former California Powder Works company
- Hercules (constellation), a constellation
- Hercules (crater), a lunar impact crater
- Băile Herculane, a spa town in Romania where Hercules supposedly rested during his travels
- Hercules Cave, a cave in the north of Morocco
- Hercules monument (Kassel), the landmark of Kassel, Hesse, Germany
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Animals
- Hercules Beetle, a rhinoceros beetle (Dynastinae) in the genus Dynastes
- Hercules (bear), the Scottish wrestling bear
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Teams
- Hércules, a football team based in San Salvador, El Salvador
- Hércules CF a football team based in Alicante, Spain
- Iraklis a football team based in Thessaloniki, Greece
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Technology
- Bristol Hercules, an aircraft engine
- Hercules emulator, an IBM mainframe emulator
- Hercules Graphics Card
- Hercules (robot), a bomb-detecting robot at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport
- Nike-Hercules Missile
- The name of a new and extremely high-power laser from the University of Michigan
- Hercules MK2 DJ Console
- Hercules (pinball machine), a pinball machine developed by Atari in 1979.
- Hercules (video game), the video game based on Disney's animated film
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Vehicles
- Hercules (1907), a 1907 built steam tug now preserved in San Francisco, California
- Hercules Motorcycles, built by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss
- Hercules (motorcycle), a brand of motorcycles built by Sachs Motorcycles
- HMS Hercules, several ships of the Royal Navy
- C-130 Hercules, a transport aircraft
- Hughes H-4 Hercules, or "Spruce Goose", the largest flying boat ever built
- M88 Hercules (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System), armored battlefield recovery vehicle
- Hercules (vehicles) a Greek manufacturer of farm vehicles
- Hercules (1872 - 1889), one of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives
- de Havilland Hercules, a 1920s airliner/mailplane
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Other
- Operation Herkules, the canceled invasion of Malta in World War II
- Hercules (liqueur), an English anise-flavoured liqueur
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See also
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