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Linus, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia) Linus, in Greek mythology. 1 Son of Apollo and Psamathe of Argos. He was deserted by his mother on a hillside and devoured by dogs. When Psamathe's father learned what his daughter had…

Review: Hercules (1997)

Directors: John Musker and Ron ClementsWriters: Ron Clements, John Musker, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw and Irene MecchiEditor:Tom FinanMusic:Alan Menken and David ZippelProduction Designer:…

Brewer's: Hercules' Choice

Immortality the reward of toil in preference to pleasure. Xenophon tells us when Hercules was a youth he was accosted by two women—Virtue and Pleasure—and asked to choose between them.…

Brewer's: Hercules' Club

A stick of unusual size and formidable appearance. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Hercules' HorseHercules' Choice A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Brewer's: Hercules' Horse

Arion, given him by Adrastos. It had the power of speech, and its feet on the right side were those of a man. (See Horse.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Hercules' Labour

or The labour of an Hercules. Very great toil. Hercules was appointed by Eurystheus (3 syl.) to perform twelve labours requiring enormous strength or dexterity. “It was more than the…

Brewer's: Hercules of Music

(The). Christopher Glück (1714-1787). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Herculean KnotHercules Secundus A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…

Brewer's: Hercules' Pillars

Calpé and Abyla, one at Gibraltar and one at Centa, torn asunder by Hercules that the waters of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea might communicate with each other. Macrobius ascribes…

Brewer's: Hercules Secundus

Commodus, the Roman Emperor, gave himself this title. He was a gigantic idiot, of whom it is said that he killed 100 lions in the amphitheatre, and gave none of them more than one blow. He…

Brewer's: Columns of Hercules

Two large pyramidal columns set up by the Phoenicians as lighthouses and landmarks, dedicated, one to Hercules (the sun), and the other to Astarte (the moon). By the Greeks and Romans the…