| ALCESTIS | Wife of King Admetus rescued from Hades by Hercules in Greek mythology (8) |
| NESSUS | Centaur killed by Hercules in Greek mythology (6) |
| EURYDICE | Oak dryad killed by a viper bite before her near rescue from Hades by her husband Orpheus and his lyre (8) |
| CACUS | Monster killed by Hercules in his cave on 1ac, the story told in Aen. 8 |
| STYX | In Greek mythology, a river in Hades by which the gods swore unbreakable oaths (4) |
| NEMEANLION | Creature slain by Hercules in the first of his labours (6,4) |
| HYDRA | The multi-headed monster killed by Hercules in the second of his 12 labours |
| ERYMANTHIANBOAR | Beast captured by Hercules in the fourth of his labours |
| NEMEAN | __ Lion, beast captured by Hercules in his first labor (hidden in "leonine meanie") |
| ORPHEUS | A great musician, in Greek mythology, who tried to reclaim his wife from Hades |
| AUGEAN | Like the stables cleaned by Hercules in a single day |
| MOONMEN | Lunar aliens fought by Hercules in a 1964 film viewed on "Mystery Science Theater 3000" |
| AMAZONS | Warriors defeated by Hercules in his ninth labour |
| BOAR | Beast slain by Hercules in his fourth labor |
| ANTAEUS | (GKN) Giant wrestler slain by the Greek hero Hercules in the course of his eleventh Labour (7) |
| HERA | Mother of Hercules, in the 1997 Disney movie "Hercules" |
| SOMNI | "Sunt geminae ____ portae" (Aen 6.893), the gates of Sleep, exit from Hades |
| DWAYNEJOHNSON | "Furious 7" actor who played Hercules in the 2014 film "Hercules": 2 wds. |
| TATEDONOVAN | "Argo" actor who voiced Hercules in Disney's animated "Hercules" films and TV series: 2 wds. |
| REEVES | Steve who played the title role of Hercules in a 1959 film |
