god
Hercules
The hero-god whom the Germans sing as first of brave men before battle; rumour also set his Pillars and wanderings on the northern Ocean.
Reading notes
- The Annals §2.12 forest sacred to Hercules
The Roman god identified with a German cult-grove.
- The Germania §3 Hercules
The hero-god the Germans sang before battle as first of brave men; Greco-Roman legend also set his wanderings on the northern Ocean.
- The Histories §1.86 Hercules
The deified hero invoked in the common Roman oath "by Hercules" (hercule).