Hercules (disambiguation)

Hercules (disambiguation)

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:

Animals

* Hercules (bear), the Scottish wrestling bear

Biology

* Hercules Beetle, a rhinoceros beetle ("Dynastinae") in the genus "Dynastes"

Companies and corporations

* Hercules (stock exchange), new stock exchange market in Osaka Securities Exchange.
* Hercules (corporation), a multi-national computer product manufacturer
* Hercules Inc., a "Fortune 500" chemical company in Wilmington, Deleware
* Hercules Cycle and Motor Company, a former major British bicycle manufacturer
* Hercules Invictus - a Pennsylvanian non-profit organization
* Hercules GmbH, a former motorcycle and bicycle company in Nürnberg, Germany
* Hercules (tire maker), a Mexican tire manufacturer

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
* "", based on the Disney movie
* "", 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

Fictional

* 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, despicted as Hercules or Heracles
* Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's Belgian detective

People

* Hercules, the slave chef to George Washington
* Hercules, former WWF wrestler
* Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906), English artist

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

Teams

* Hércules CF a football team based in Alicante, Spain
* Iraklis a football team based in Thessaloniki, Greece

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 [http://www.physorg.com/news122298608.html laser] from the University of Michigan
* Hercules MK2 DJ Console
* Hercules, a pinball machine developed by Atari in 1979.

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

Other

* "Hercules", an English anise-flavoured liqueur, now no longer produced and largely replaced in cocktails by "Pastis".

See also

* Heracles (disambiguation)


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