An example from France was a flattering anagram for Cardinal Richelieu, comparing him to Hercules or at least one of his hands ( Hercules being a kingly symbol ), where " Armand de Richelieu " became " Ardue main d ' Hercule ".

Notable queens of the Amazons are Penthesilea, who participated in the Trojan War, and her sister Hippolyta, whose magical girdle, given to her by her father Ares, was the object of one of the labours of Hercules.

According to Plato, Atlantis was a naval power lying " in front of the Pillars of Hercules " that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9, 000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC.

Atlas's twin Gadeirus, or Eumelus in Greek, was given the extremity of the island towards the pillars of Hercules.

Traci Lords was among the actresses auditioning for the film, saying in 2001, " I didn't get the part but I clicked with Bruce ," with whom she would later work as a guest star in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

According to the Roman poet Ovid ( Fasti v. 379 ), the constellation honors the centaur Chiron, who was tutor to many of the earlier Greek heroes including Heracles ( Hercules ), Theseus, and Jason, the leader of the Argonauts.

The legend associated with Chiron says that he was accidentally poisoned with an arrow shot by Hercules, and was subsequently placed in the heavens.

Capturing Cerberus, without using weapons, was the final labour assigned to Heracles ( Hercules ) by King Eurystheus, in recompense for the killing of his own children by Megara after he was driven insane by Hera, and therefore was the most dangerous and difficult.

For example, Frenchmen Philippe Noiret and Jacques Perrin were dubbed into Italian for Cinema Paradiso and Austrian bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger was dubbed for Hercules in New York.

In an elaborate festival held on the anniversary of the revolt that brought the monarchy to its knees, David's Hercules figure was revealed in a procession following the lady Liberty ( Marianne ).

Liberty, the symbol of Enlightenment ideals was here being overturned by the Hercules symbol ; that of strength and passion for the protection of the Republic against disunity and factionalism.

In his speech during the procession, David " explicitly emphasized the opposition between people and monarchy ; Hercules was chosen, after all, to make this opposition more evident ".

It was the ideals that David linked to his Hercules that single-handedly transformed the figure from a sign of the old regime into a powerful new symbol of revolution.

Flavius and the Book of Jubilees described the continents as the lands given by Noah to his three sons ; Europe was defined as stretching from the Pillars of Hercules at the Strait of Gibraltar, separating it from North Africa, to the Don, separating it from Asia.

The symbol of Hercules was first adopted by the Old Regime to represent the monarchy.

Hercules was an ancient Greek hero who symbolized strength and power.

However, the monarchy was not the only ruling power in French history to use the symbol of Hercules to declare its power.

During the Revolution, the symbol of Hercules was revived to represent nascent revolutionary ideals.

The first use of Hercules as a revolutionary symbol was during a festival celebrating the National Assembly ’ s victory over federalism on 10 August 1793.

First, because Hercules was a famous mythological figure, and had previously been used by the monarchy, he was easily recognized by educated French observers.

In television, Campbell is known for his lead role in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., his portrayal of Autolycus ( the King of Thieves ) in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, and notably for his role as Sam Axe on the USA Network series Burn Notice.

This Three Stooges lineup went on to make a series of popular full-length films from 1959 to 1965, most notably Have Rocket, Will Travel, The Three Stooges Meet Hercules and The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze.

Hercules is a computer emulator which allows software designed for IBM mainframe computers ( System / 370, System / 390, and zSeries / System z ) and for plug compatible mainframes ( such as Amdahl machines ) to run on other types of computer hardware, notably on low-cost personal computers.

As the series progressed, a wider range of enemies was used ; notably Hercules ' half-brother, the malicious god of war Ares, replaced Hera as the show's primary antagonist.

While guest-starring on Xena, Hercules and Young Hercules, Smith also appeared in other TV shows and films, notably as a Vietnam veteran in the feature film Channelling Baby and as detective John Lawless in three TV movies: Lawless ( 1999 ), Lawless 2: Dead Evidence ( 2000 ), and Lawless 3: Beyond Justice ( 2001 ).

Stanley's works include the opera Teraminta, the dramatic cantata The Choice of Hercules, twelve other cantatas with texts by John Hawkins, the oratorios Jephtha, The Fall of Egypt and Zimri, and instrumental music, notably three volumes of Voluntaries for organ ( 1748, 1752, and 1754 ).

The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is an aviation museum which displays a number of military and civilian aircraft and spacecraft, most notably, the Hughes H-4 Hercules " Spruce Goose ".

Cummings has provided voices for video games, television commercials, and movie trailers, and was one of the official announcers for Kids ' WB !, promo announcer for Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, as well as the official spokesperson for the current Cheez-It commercials and some current Weather Channel commercials ( most notably the Wake Up With Al ones ).

He specialized in long friezes with secular and mythological subjects, including for the Palazzo dei Beccherie ( 1537 ); in various rooms of the Rocca at Scandiano owned by the counts Boiardo, notably a courtly ceiling Concert composed of a ring of young musicians seen in perspective, sotto in su ( early 1540s ), and the Hercules Room in the Rocca dei Meli Lupi at Soragna ( c. 1540 – 43 ), and possibly the loggia frescoes removed from Palazzo Casotti at Reggio Emilia.

Everson has made a number of TV guest appearances, most notably playing Atalanta on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

Tseng Labs ' chipsets were part of many companies ' lineups, notably with Hercules ' Dynamite series, the Diamond Stealth 32 and several Speedstar cards, and on many generic boards.

The V2200 was seen on several cards, most notably the Hercules Thriller 3D offered in both AGP and PCI formats, with 4 MB or 8 MB SGRAM.

The military aircraft ( notably the Hercules C-130 ) used in the film was on loan from the Israeli Air Force.

Zippel contributed lyrics to The Swan Princess ( music by Lex de Azevedo, the song Far Longer than Forever was nominated for a Golden Globe Award ), as well as provided the singing voice of Jean-Bob the Frog, and more notably wrote the lyrics for the Disney films Hercules, with music by Alan Menken ( the song " Go the Distance " received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ) and Mulan, with music by Matthew Wilder.

The first attributes the founding of the city to the mythological Hercules.

The Blues received their first U. S Marine Corps Lockheed KC-130F Hercules ( Bureau Number 150690 ) in 1970.

Cerberus featured in many prominent works of Greek and Roman literature, most famously in Virgil's Aeneid, Peisandros of Rhodes ' epic poem the Labours of Hercules, the story of Orpheus in Plato's Symposium, and in Homer's Iliad, which is the only known reference to one of Heracles ' labours which first appeared in a literary source.

In Hercules, during her two first episodes, Xena was an outlaw and a powerful warlord, but in her third appearance she joins Hercules to defeat the warlord Darphus, who had taken her army.

The new town of Thermae or Therma, called for the sake of distinction Thermae Himerenses, which thus took the place of Himera, obviously derived its name from the hot springs for which it was celebrated, and the first discovery of which was connected by legends with the wanderings of Hercules.

Two years later, he published his first novel, The Hercules Text, about the discovery of an intelligently conceived signal whose repercussions threaten human civilization.

In 1954, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a durable four-engined transport, flew for the first time.

# Secondly ( 4. 8 ), a legend told by the Pontic Greeks featuring Scythes, the first king of the Scythians, as a child of Hercules and Echidna.

Telamon was the first one to break through the Trojan wall, which enraged Hercules as he was coveting that glory for himself.

Michael Hurst played the character in two TV-Movies ( Hercules and the Amazon Women and Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur ) and in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ( appearing as a recurring character in the first two seasons and a main character for the remaining seasons ).

In Virgil's Aeneid, VIII, where Aeneas and his crew first come upon Evander and his people, they were venerating Hercules for dispatching the giant Cacus.

Evander then became the first to raise an altar to Hercules ' heroism.

In the morning, Hercules suggested that she approach the first man she met on leaving the temple.

Samson bears many similar traits to the Greek Herakles ( and the Roman Hercules adaptation ), inspired himself partially from the mesopotamian Enkidu tale: Herakles and Samson both battled a Lion bare handed ( Lion of Nemea feat ), Herakles and Samson both had a favorite primitive blunt weapon ( a club for the first, an ass's jaw for the latter ), they were both betrayed by a woman which led them to their ultimate fate ( Herakles by Dejanira, while Samson by Delilah ).

In addition, the magical hide armor that Hercules made for himself from the skin of the Nemean Lion, at the end of Hercules ' first labor, might also be seen as an early idea of a magical cloak.

Hercules was also received the first Disney on Ice adaptation before the film was theatrically released.

Both ski resorts continued expanding and in 1993 the first high-speed quad in Greece was installed, named Hercules.

The acronym was coined in 1961 and the first aircraft modified for TACAMO testing was a Lockheed KC-130 Hercules which in 1962 was fitted with a VLF transmitter and trailing wire antenna to test communications with the fleet ballistic missile submarines.