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Hercules

Hercules is a character in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

minor

Also known as This Hercules, whose great deeds are reckoned as twelve (not including the slaughter of Antaeus the African, because that affair pertains to another Hercules), Antaeus the African, Antaeus

First appearance: 0002-part-i-book-i

Legendary hero known for his twelve labors, often cited in pagan mythology.

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