god
Hercules
also: Hercule
The deified hero Hercules. "By Hercules" (Hercule) is a common Roman emphatic oath.
Reading notes
- The Letters §2.6.5 Hercules
The deified hero Hercules; ``by Hercules'' is a common Roman oath of emphasis.
- Panegyric to Trajan §10 by Hercules
Hercule, 'by Hercules,' a common Roman emphatic oath invoking the deified hero Hercules.
- Panegyric to Trajan §14 the son of Jupiter
Hercules, who after his labors brought back proof of each to Eurystheus, the king he was bound to serve; Pliny likens Domitian's grudging reliance on Trajan to that servitude.