Hercules (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Animals 2 Biology 3 Companies and corporations 4 Drama and media 5 Fictional 6 People 7 Places 8 Teams 9 Technology 10 Vehicles 11 See also

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:

[edit] Animals

• Hercules (bear), the Scottish wrestling bear

[edit] Biology

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

[edit] 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, DE
• Hercules Cycle and Motor Company, a former major British bicycle manufacturer
• Hercules Invictus - a Pennsylvanian non-profit organization
• Hercules GmbH was a motorcycle and bicycle company in Nürnberg, Germany

[edit] 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 (2005 film), an NBC television movie
• 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

[edit] 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

[edit] People

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Teams

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• Heracles (disambiguation)