god
Hercules
The deified hero of the Twelve Labors; 'a labor of Hercules' marks an all-but-impossible task (55).
Reading notes
- The Poems §55 labor of Hercules
An all-but-impossible feat, by allusion to the Twelve Labors of Hercules.
- The Poems §68a son of Amphitryon
Hercules, 'false-fathered' — reputed son of Amphitryon but truly begotten by Jupiter — who dug the Pheneus channel during his Labors.