Yet my chief humour is for a tyrant. I could play Ercles rarely, or a part to tear a cat in, to make all split.
– William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 1, Scene 2. Nick Bottom says that his first choice in the Mechanicals’ play would be the role of a tyrant. Or he could be a hero like Hercules, whose name name he mispronounces as "Ercles."